The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces WAKE | 6.0% 13486th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| WAKE pass rush | 6.5% 15443rd | 10.0% 28941st | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 5.0% ~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 CAL defence | WAKE offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28031st | 0.01456th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.45258th | 0.36949th | -9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30536th | 1.341109th | +73 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13966th | 0.217129th | +63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46358th | 0.42084th | +26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851103rd | 1.122123rd | +20 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.40029th | -0.09213th | -16 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43374th | 0.32015th | -59 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75226th | 1.644100th | +74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48381st | 0.43156th | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38623rd | 0.25545th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13866th | 3.160110th | +44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14643rd | 0.14518th | -25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550129th | 0.889130th | +1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.73179th | 2.61525th | -54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12541st | 0.13127th | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08770th | 0.0635th | -65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03829th | 0.06789th | +60 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.00046th | — | — |
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs WAKE defence | CAL offence | WAKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | 0.160110th | -10 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.468127th | +25 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.05417th | -71 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | 0.04977th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.41278th | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 0.87149th | -75 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | 0.25298th | 0 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.519136th | +59 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.0982nd | -90 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.511122nd | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.346119th | +28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 2.86570th | -38 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.21393rd | -16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.70060th | -42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 3.38568th | -59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.12822nd | -85 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.09460th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.0348th | -112 |
| 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.