The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces STAN | 3.3% 15335th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| STAN pass rush | 2.6% 151116th | 9.0% 27863rd | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
STAN with the ball
| STAN offence vs VT defence | STAN offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13080th | -0.03038th | -42 |
| success rate | 0.393112th | 0.33118th | -94 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24961st | 1.30999th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.002114th | -0.14717th | -97 |
| rush: success rate | 0.398105th | 0.2696th | -99 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796113th | 1.306135th | +22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23074th | 0.14273rd | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386105th | 0.39170th | -35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60256th | 1.34019th | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46496th | 0.41339th | -57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.253114th | 0.20412th | -102 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.760115th | 0.9861st | -114 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212117th | 0.403138th | +21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76956th | 0.57118th | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.261109th | 2.52219th | -90 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12540th | 0.267138th | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07443rd | 0.220138th | +95 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05163rd | 0.04735th | -28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.60013th | — | — |
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs STAN defence | VT offence | STAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.281133rd | +91 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.458122nd | +86 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.377118th | +36 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.158119th | +59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.458112th | +89 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 1.128124th | +55 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.456132nd | +86 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.466116th | +65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.59286th | -5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.495107th | +50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.383132nd | +123 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 3.222116th | +28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.14519th | -84 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.812111th | +38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 5.000132nd | +97 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.12820th | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.08036th | -40 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.04940th | +35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
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.