The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| STAN pass rush | 2.6% 151116th | 9.0% 27863rd | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces STAN | 3.3% 15335th | 2.8% ~0.9 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.
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs STAN defence | NCSU offence | STAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.281133rd | +79 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.458122nd | +89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.377118th | +41 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.158119th | +83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.458112th | +82 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 1.128124th | +83 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.456132nd | +65 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.466116th | +77 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.59286th | -24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.495107th | +77 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.383132nd | +81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 3.222116th | +75 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.14519th | -28 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.812111th | +90 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 5.000132nd | +107 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.12820th | -68 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.08036th | -46 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.04940th | -55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
STAN with the ball
| STAN offence vs NCSU defence | STAN offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13080th | 0.12093rd | +13 |
| success rate | 0.393112th | 0.39974th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24961st | 1.25082nd | +21 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.002114th | 0.06784th | -30 |
| rush: success rate | 0.398105th | 0.446106th | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796113th | 0.96786th | -27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23074th | 0.270101st | +27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386105th | 0.36642nd | -63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60256th | 1.64399th | +43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46496th | 0.45677th | -19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.253114th | 0.26454th | -60 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.760115th | 2.82166th | -49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212117th | 0.19061st | -56 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76956th | 0.76290th | +34 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.261109th | 3.59184th | -25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12540th | 0.15254th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07443rd | 0.07017th | -26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05163rd | 0.082118th | +55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.60013th | — | — |
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.