The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces WAKE | 6.0% 13486th | 8.6% ~2.8 sacks |
| WAKE pass rush | 6.5% 15443rd | 10.0% 28941st | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 4.6% ~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.
WAKE with the ball
| WAKE offence vs SMU defence | WAKE offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28031st | 0.02364th | +33 |
| success rate | 0.45258th | 0.36141st | -17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30536th | 1.317103rd | +67 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13966th | 0.03071st | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46358th | 0.42689th | +31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851103rd | 1.065109th | +6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.40029th | 0.03840th | +11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43374th | 0.2997th | -67 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75226th | 1.711112th | +86 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48381st | 0.43457th | -24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38623rd | 0.20011th | -12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13866th | 2.70256th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14643rd | 0.21392nd | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550129th | 0.3892nd | -127 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.73179th | 3.950109th | +30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12541st | 0.204122nd | +81 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08770th | 0.141124th | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03829th | 0.06376th | +47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.00046th | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs WAKE defence | SMU offence | WAKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.160110th | +70 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.468127th | +118 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.05417th | -42 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.04977th | -44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.41278th | +29 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.87149th | -85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.25298th | +91 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.519136th | +129 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.0982nd | -31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.511122nd | +101 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.346119th | +104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 2.86570th | -13 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.21393rd | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.70060th | -49 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.38568th | -3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.12822nd | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.09460th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.0348th | -38 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
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.