The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces GT | 8.3% 109112th | 8.9% ~2.9 sacks |
| GT pass rush | 3.5% 8797th | 8.1% 21182nd | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 4.1% ~1.4 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.
GT with the ball
| GT offence vs VT defence | GT offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14176th | -0.03038th | -38 |
| success rate | 0.44268th | 0.33118th | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22171st | 1.30999th | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.11273rd | -0.14717th | -56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45267th | 0.2696th | -61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88587th | 1.306135th | +48 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19184th | 0.14273rd | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44368th | 0.39170th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51378th | 1.34019th | -59 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50060th | 0.41339th | -21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31271st | 0.20412th | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07476th | 0.9861st | -75 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.202106th | 0.403138th | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70693rd | 0.57118th | -75 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.393101st | 2.52219th | -82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16295th | 0.267138th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104105th | 0.220138th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05877th | 0.04735th | -42 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60066th | — | — |
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs GT defence | VT offence | GT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.155105th | +63 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.41385th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.26787th | +5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.08291st | +31 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.447107th | +84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.86545th | -24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.343121st | +75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.36641st | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 2.089138th | +47 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.44768th | +11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.341115th | +106 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.90680th | -8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.17138th | -65 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.68454th | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 3.65491st | +56 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.16068th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.121110th | +34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.03915th | +10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
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.