The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MIA pass rush | 5.8% 12152nd | 8.0% 17687th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.3% ~1.8 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces MIA | 2.9% 10525th | 6.2% ~2.0 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.
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs MIA defence | VT offence | MIA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | -0.04931st | -11 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.32514th | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.14942nd | -40 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | -0.15814th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.2571st | -22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.71916th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.02435th | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.36235th | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.30314th | -77 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.37917th | -40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.22928th | +19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.1537th | -81 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.270130th | +27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.57116th | -57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 2.30815th | -20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.16271st | +46 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.09664th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.06687th | +82 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
MIA with the ball
| MIA offence vs VT defence | MIA offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4422nd | -0.03038th | +36 |
| success rate | 0.5713rd | 0.33118th | +15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27850th | 1.30999th | +49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12372nd | -0.14717th | -55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51121st | 0.2696th | -15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98263rd | 1.306135th | +72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.8391st | 0.14273rd | +72 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6541st | 0.39170th | +69 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48988th | 1.34019th | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6302nd | 0.41339th | +37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37529th | 0.20412th | -17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8874th | 0.9861st | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12115th | 0.403138th | +123 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81231st | 0.57118th | -13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.05714th | 2.52219th | +5 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0684th | 0.267138th | +134 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0469th | 0.220138th | +129 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0213rd | 0.04735th | +32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00079th | — | — |
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.