The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces FSU | 8.1% 86111th | 6.9% ~2.3 sacks |
| FSU pass rush | 2.6% 113115th | 9.5% 20050th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 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.
FSU with the ball
| FSU offence vs PITT defence | FSU offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24741st | -0.10718th | -23 |
| success rate | 0.43480th | 0.2872nd | -78 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5262nd | 1.379119th | +117 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22434th | -0.17812th | -22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44279th | 0.2787th | -72 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.13116th | 0.99592nd | +76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36742nd | -0.01228th | -14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42383rd | 0.30611th | -72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0612nd | 1.62093rd | +91 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451107th | 0.3456th | -101 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39221st | 0.20010th | -11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.19660th | 1.7772nd | -58 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15250th | 0.320137th | +87 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562126th | 0.53812th | -114 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.88518th | 1.6883rd | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14575th | 0.17992nd | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08052nd | 0.117104th | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06493rd | 0.06375th | -18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30055th | — | — |
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs FSU defence | PITT offence | FSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | 0.219125th | +100 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.435102nd | +76 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.350111th | +51 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.134111th | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.41479th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.95983rd | -28 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.325116th | +100 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.458111th | +97 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.654102nd | +44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.497109th | +69 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.316103rd | +90 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 3.01095th | +56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.18047th | -41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.929135th | +20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 3.52480th | +25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.15658th | +45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.10175th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.05449th | +22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
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.