The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces WAKE | 6.0% 13486th | 4.2% ~1.4 sacks |
| WAKE pass rush | 6.5% 15443rd | 10.0% 28941st | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 5.2% ~1.7 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.
WAKE with the ball
| WAKE offence vs NCSU defence | WAKE offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28031st | 0.12093rd | +62 |
| success rate | 0.45258th | 0.39974th | +16 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30536th | 1.25082nd | +46 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13966th | 0.06784th | +18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46358th | 0.446106th | +48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851103rd | 0.96786th | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.40029th | 0.270101st | +72 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43374th | 0.36642nd | -32 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75226th | 1.64399th | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48381st | 0.45677th | -4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38623rd | 0.26454th | +31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13866th | 2.82166th | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14643rd | 0.19061st | +18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550129th | 0.76290th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.73179th | 3.59184th | +5 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12541st | 0.15254th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08770th | 0.07017th | -53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03829th | 0.082118th | +89 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.00046th | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs WAKE defence | NCSU offence | WAKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.160110th | +56 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.468127th | +94 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.05417th | -60 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.04977th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.41278th | +48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.87149th | +8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.25298th | +31 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.519136th | +97 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.0982nd | -108 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.511122nd | +92 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.346119th | +68 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.86570th | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.21393rd | +46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.70060th | +39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 3.38568th | +43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.12822nd | -66 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.09460th | -22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.0348th | -87 |
| 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.