The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces BC | 7.5% 93104th | 9.4% ~3.1 sacks |
| BC pass rush | 7.2% 8333rd | 10.8% 20428th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 5.0% ~1.6 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
BC with the ball
| BC offence vs SMU defence | BC offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.032127th | 0.02364th | -63 |
| success rate | 0.389115th | 0.36141st | -74 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.164101st | 1.317103rd | +2 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.006115th | 0.03071st | -44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43981st | 0.42689th | +8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93579th | 1.065109th | +30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.063110th | 0.03840th | -70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.357126th | 0.2997th | -119 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.53374th | 1.711112th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46099th | 0.43457th | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244116th | 0.20011th | -105 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.847103rd | 2.70256th | -47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252134th | 0.21392nd | -42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68898th | 0.3892nd | -96 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.091118th | 3.950109th | -9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179120th | 0.204122nd | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111112th | 0.141124th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069107th | 0.06376th | -31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20058th | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs BC defence | SMU offence | BC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.00251st | +11 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.39571st | +62 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.23775th | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.00761st | -60 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.39059th | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 1.030101st | -33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.15576th | +69 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.42292nd | +85 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.49256th | +23 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.39827th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.388133rd | +118 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.01696th | +13 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.19572nd | +10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.65041st | -68 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.39169th | -2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.17483rd | +46 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.120107th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.05448th | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.