The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.5% ~1.8 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 6.5% ~2.1 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.
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs CAL defence | VT offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.01456th | +14 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.36949th | +13 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.341109th | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.217129th | +69 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.42084th | +61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 1.122123rd | +54 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | -0.09213th | -33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.32015th | -36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.644100th | +9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.43156th | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.25545th | +36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 3.160110th | +22 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.14518th | -85 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.889130th | +57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 2.61525th | -10 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.13127th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.0635th | -71 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.06789th | +84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs VT defence | CAL offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | -0.03038th | -82 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.33118th | -84 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.30999th | +11 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | -0.14717th | -106 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.2696th | -113 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 1.306135th | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | 0.14273rd | -25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.39170th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.34019th | -73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.41339th | -62 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.20412th | -79 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 0.9861st | -107 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.403138th | +29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.57118th | -84 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 2.52219th | -108 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.267138th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.220138th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.04735th | -85 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70022nd | — | — |
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.