The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 3.8% ~1.3 sacks |
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 8.5% ~2.8 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.
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs SYR defence | SMU offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | -0.12613th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.36142nd | +33 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.08721st | -38 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.02670th | -51 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.43396th | +47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.92675th | -59 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | -0.2511st | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.2895th | -2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.37724th | -9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.45274th | +53 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.20613th | -2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 2.62949th | -34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.233111th | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.75087th | -22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 2.75031st | -40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.186107th | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.137121st | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.04941st | -5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs SMU defence | SYR offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.02364th | -49 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.36141st | -68 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.317103rd | +76 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | 0.03071st | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.42689th | +20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 1.065109th | +52 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | 0.03840th | -75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.2997th | -108 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.711112th | +80 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.43457th | -56 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.20011th | -61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 2.70256th | -46 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.21392nd | -29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.3892nd | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 3.950109th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.204122nd | +79 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.141124th | +64 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.06376th | +36 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
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.