The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces UVA | 8.4% 95115th | 9.8% ~3.2 sacks |
| UVA pass rush | 7.8% 7725th | 10.9% 17527th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 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.
UVA with the ball
| UVA offence vs SMU defence | UVA offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28429th | 0.02364th | +35 |
| success rate | 0.47644th | 0.36141st | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21575th | 1.317103rd | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15059th | 0.03071st | +12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46754th | 0.42689th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90884th | 1.065109th | +25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53614th | 0.03840th | +26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52120th | 0.2997th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58461st | 1.711112th | +51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55027th | 0.43457th | +30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.257111th | 0.20011th | -100 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37031st | 2.70256th | +25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13332nd | 0.21392nd | +60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.87010th | 0.3892nd | -8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.65527th | 3.950109th | +82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10519th | 0.204122nd | +103 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07848th | 0.141124th | +76 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02710th | 0.06376th | +66 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400117th | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs UVA defence | SMU offence | UVA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | -0.1449th | -31 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.33319th | +10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 0.9554th | -55 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | -0.04341st | -80 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.37551st | +2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.65110th | -124 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | -0.1455th | -2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.30310th | +3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.39732nd | -1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.39929th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.22221st | +6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 2.89174th | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.18860th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.69256th | -53 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.14356th | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.198116th | +79 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.09969th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.099133rd | +87 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
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.