The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| FSU pass rush | 2.6% 113115th | 9.5% 20050th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces FSU | 8.1% 86111th | 5.2% ~1.7 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.
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs FSU defence | NCSU offence | FSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.219125th | +71 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.435102nd | +69 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.350111th | +34 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.134111th | +75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.41479th | +49 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.95983rd | +42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.325116th | +49 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.458111th | +72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.654102nd | -8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.497109th | +79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.316103rd | +52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 3.01095th | +54 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.18047th | 0 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.929135th | +114 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 3.52480th | +55 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.15658th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.10175th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.05449th | -46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
FSU with the ball
| FSU offence vs NCSU defence | FSU offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24741st | 0.12093rd | +52 |
| success rate | 0.43480th | 0.39974th | -6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5262nd | 1.25082nd | +80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22434th | 0.06784th | +50 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44279th | 0.446106th | +27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.13116th | 0.96786th | +70 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36742nd | 0.270101st | +59 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42383rd | 0.36642nd | -41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0612nd | 1.64399th | +97 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451107th | 0.45677th | -30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39221st | 0.26454th | +33 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.19660th | 2.82166th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15250th | 0.19061st | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562126th | 0.76290th | -36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.88518th | 3.59184th | +66 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14575th | 0.15254th | -21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08052nd | 0.07017th | -35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06493rd | 0.082118th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30055th | — | — |
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.