The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 4.0% ~1.3 sacks |
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs NCSU defence | SYR offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.12093rd | -20 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.39974th | -35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.25082nd | +55 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | 0.06784th | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.446106th | +37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.96786th | +29 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | 0.270101st | -14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.36642nd | -73 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.64399th | +67 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.45677th | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.26454th | -18 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 2.82166th | -36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.19061st | -60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.76290th | +50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 3.59184th | -8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.15254th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.07017th | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.082118th | +78 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs SYR defence | NCSU offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | -0.12613th | -41 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.36142nd | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.08721st | -56 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.02670th | +34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.43396th | +66 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.92675th | +34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | -0.2511st | -66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.2895th | -34 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.37724th | -86 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.45274th | +44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.20613th | -38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.62949th | +8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.233111th | +64 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.75087th | +66 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 2.75031st | +6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.186107th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.137121st | +39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.04941st | -54 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
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.