The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 2.9% ~1.0 sacks |
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 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.
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs NCSU defence | CAL offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | 0.12093rd | -27 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.39974th | -28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.25082nd | -6 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | 0.06784th | -39 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.446106th | -13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 0.96786th | -38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | 0.270101st | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.36642nd | -35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.64399th | +7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.45677th | -24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.26454th | -37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 2.82166th | -42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.19061st | -48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.76290th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 3.59184th | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.15254th | -53 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.07017th | -66 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.082118th | -2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70022nd | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs CAL defence | NCSU offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.01456th | +2 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.36949th | +16 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.341109th | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.217129th | +93 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.42084th | +54 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 1.122123rd | +82 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | -0.09213th | -54 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.32015th | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.644100th | -10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.43156th | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.25545th | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 3.160110th | +69 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.14518th | -29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.889130th | +109 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 2.61525th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.13127th | -61 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.0635th | -77 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.06789th | -6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
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.