The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 8.0% ~2.7 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 6.1% ~2.0 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.
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs SMU defence | VT offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.02364th | +22 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.36141st | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.317103rd | +21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.03071st | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.42689th | +66 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 1.065109th | +40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.03840th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.2997th | -44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.711112th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.43457th | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.20011th | +2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.70256th | -32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.21392nd | -11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.3892nd | -71 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 3.950109th | +74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.204122nd | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.141124th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.06376th | +71 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs VT defence | SMU offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | -0.03038th | -2 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.33118th | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.30999th | +40 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | -0.14717th | -104 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.2696th | -43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 1.306135th | +1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.14273rd | +66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.39170th | +63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.34019th | -14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.41339th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.20412th | -3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 0.9861st | -82 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.403138th | +76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.57118th | -91 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 2.52219th | -52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.267138th | +101 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.220138th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.04735th | -11 |
| 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.