The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 7.4% ~2.4 sacks |
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 4.4% ~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.
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs SMU defence | CAL offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | 0.02364th | -56 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.36141st | -61 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.317103rd | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | 0.03071st | -52 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.42689th | -30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 1.065109th | -15 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | 0.03840th | -58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.2997th | -70 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.711112th | +20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.43457th | -44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.20011th | -80 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 2.70256th | -52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.21392nd | -17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.3892nd | -100 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 3.950109th | -18 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.204122nd | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.141124th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.06376th | -44 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70022nd | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs CAL defence | SMU offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.01456th | +16 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.36949th | +40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.341109th | +50 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.217129th | +8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.42084th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 1.122123rd | -11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | -0.09213th | +6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.32015th | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.644100th | +67 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.43156th | +35 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.25545th | +30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.160110th | +27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.14518th | -44 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.889130th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 2.61525th | -46 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.13127th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.0635th | -42 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.06789th | +43 |
| 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.