The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 4.2% ~1.4 sacks |
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 9.9% ~3.3 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.
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs UNC defence | ND offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | -0.01941st | +28 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.39369th | +56 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.0248th | -114 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.05880th | +15 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.42990th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.82732nd | -82 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.02737th | +26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.37649th | +38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.2426th | -90 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.47187th | +81 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.22725th | -107 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.94088th | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.1227th | -46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.875129th | +67 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 2.68829th | +23 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.14140th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.09765th | +62 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.04428th | -73 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs ND defence | UNC offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | -0.11915th | -71 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.34224th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.13837th | -97 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.2298th | -63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.30412th | +2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.81230th | -100 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | -0.02126th | -68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.37448th | -36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.37825th | -74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.39022nd | -16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.25344th | +14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.32116th | +11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.223103rd | +83 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.73377th | +26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 1.6252nd | -63 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.240135th | +84 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.169134th | +78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.07199th | +37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
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.