The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces MIA | 2.9% 10525th | 6.5% ~2.2 sacks |
| MIA pass rush | 5.8% 12152nd | 8.0% 17687th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 3.3% ~1.1 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.
MIA with the ball
| MIA offence vs ND defence | MIA offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4422nd | -0.11915th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.5713rd | 0.34224th | +21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27850th | 1.13837th | -13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12372nd | -0.2298th | -64 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51121st | 0.30412th | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98263rd | 0.81230th | -33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.8391st | -0.02126th | +25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6541st | 0.37448th | +47 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48988th | 1.37825th | -63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6302nd | 0.39022nd | +20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37529th | 0.25344th | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8874th | 2.32116th | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12115th | 0.223103rd | +88 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81231st | 0.73377th | +46 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.05714th | 1.6252nd | -12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0684th | 0.240135th | +131 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0469th | 0.169134th | +125 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0213rd | 0.07199th | +96 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00079th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs MIA defence | ND offence | MIA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | -0.04931st | +18 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.32514th | +1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.14942nd | -80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | -0.15814th | -51 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.2571st | -37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.71916th | -98 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.02435th | +24 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.36235th | +24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.30314th | -82 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.37917th | +11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.22928th | -104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.1537th | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.270130th | +77 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.57116th | -46 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 2.30815th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.16271st | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.09664th | +61 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.06687th | -14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
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.