The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 4.6% ~1.5 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.
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs NCSU defence | LOU offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | 0.12093rd | +81 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.39974th | +50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.25082nd | +59 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.06784th | +45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.446106th | +71 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.96786th | +43 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | 0.270101st | +83 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.36642nd | +19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.64399th | +56 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.45677th | +61 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.26454th | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.82166th | -45 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.19061st | -35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.76290th | +6 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 3.59184th | +44 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.15254th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.07017th | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.082118th | +105 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs LOU defence | NCSU offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.10689th | +35 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.40275th | +42 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.23876th | -1 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | -0.01553rd | +17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.43092nd | +62 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.71015th | -26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.378124th | +57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.38158th | +19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.964136th | +26 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.45576th | +46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.27461st | +10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 3.02198th | +57 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.1216th | -41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.51711th | -10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 3.61587th | +62 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.13633rd | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.07323rd | -59 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.06374th | -21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
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.