The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces BC | 7.5% 93104th | 8.9% ~2.9 sacks |
| BC pass rush | 7.2% 8333rd | 10.8% 20428th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 4.1% ~1.3 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.
BC with the ball
| BC offence vs ND defence | BC offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.032127th | -0.11915th | -112 |
| success rate | 0.389115th | 0.34224th | -91 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.164101st | 1.13837th | -64 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.006115th | -0.2298th | -107 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43981st | 0.30412th | -69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93579th | 0.81230th | -49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.063110th | -0.02126th | -84 |
| pass: success rate | 0.357126th | 0.37448th | -78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.53374th | 1.37825th | -49 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46099th | 0.39022nd | -77 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244116th | 0.25344th | -72 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.847103rd | 2.32116th | -87 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252134th | 0.223103rd | -31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68898th | 0.73377th | -21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.091118th | 1.6252nd | -116 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179120th | 0.240135th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111112th | 0.169134th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069107th | 0.07199th | -8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20058th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs BC defence | ND offence | BC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | 0.00251st | +38 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.39571st | +58 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.23775th | -47 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.00761st | -4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.39059th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 1.030101st | -13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.15576th | +65 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.42292nd | +81 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.49256th | -40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.39827th | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.388133rd | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 3.01696th | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.19572nd | +19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.65041st | -21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 3.39169th | +63 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.17483rd | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.120107th | +104 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.05448th | -53 |
| 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.