The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces STAN | 3.3% 15335th | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| STAN pass rush | 2.6% 151116th | 9.0% 27863rd | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 1.8% ~0.6 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.
STAN with the ball
| STAN offence vs ND defence | STAN offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13080th | -0.11915th | -65 |
| success rate | 0.393112th | 0.34224th | -88 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24961st | 1.13837th | -24 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.002114th | -0.2298th | -106 |
| rush: success rate | 0.398105th | 0.30412th | -93 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796113th | 0.81230th | -83 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23074th | -0.02126th | -48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386105th | 0.37448th | -57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60256th | 1.37825th | -31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46496th | 0.39022nd | -74 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.253114th | 0.25344th | -70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.760115th | 2.32116th | -99 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212117th | 0.223103rd | -14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76956th | 0.73377th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.261109th | 1.6252nd | -107 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12540th | 0.240135th | +95 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07443rd | 0.169134th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05163rd | 0.07199th | +36 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.60013th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs STAN defence | ND offence | STAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | 0.281133rd | +120 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.458122nd | +109 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.377118th | -4 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.158119th | +54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.458112th | +74 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 1.128124th | +10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.456132nd | +121 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.466116th | +105 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.59286th | -10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.495107th | +101 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.383132nd | 0 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 3.222116th | +23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.14519th | -34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.812111th | +49 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 5.000132nd | +126 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.12820th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.08036th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.04940th | -61 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
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.