The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces CLEM | 8.6% 117117th | 6.8% ~2.2 sacks |
| CLEM pass rush | 5.3% 15265th | 6.3% 284119th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 5.5% ~1.8 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.
CLEM with the ball
| CLEM offence vs SYR defence | CLEM offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.027125th | -0.12613th | -112 |
| success rate | 0.342132nd | 0.36142nd | -90 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17594th | 1.08721st | -73 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09382nd | 0.02670th | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368120th | 0.43396th | -24 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02049th | 0.92675th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.001124th | -0.2511st | -123 |
| pass: success rate | 0.328131st | 0.2895th | -126 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400114th | 1.37724th | -90 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.405129th | 0.45274th | -55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228125th | 0.20613th | -112 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.764114th | 2.62949th | -65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211114th | 0.233111th | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80035th | 0.75087th | +52 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.095117th | 2.75031st | -86 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.188127th | 0.186107th | -20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.146136th | 0.137121st | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04239th | 0.04941st | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40071st | — | — |
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs CLEM defence | SYR offence | CLEM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.01758th | -55 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.41083rd | -26 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.18854th | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | 0.203127th | +63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.492132nd | +63 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.88759th | +2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | -0.05519th | -96 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.34424th | -91 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.56373rd | +41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.43055th | -58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.368128th | +56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 3.459135th | +33 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.12912th | -109 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.72774th | +34 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 2.34616th | -76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.16067th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.07322nd | -38 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.087125th | +85 |
| 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.