The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 6.1% ~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.
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs ND defence | SMU offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | -0.11915th | -25 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.34224th | +15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.13837th | -22 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | -0.2298th | -113 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.30412th | -37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.81230th | -104 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | -0.02126th | +19 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.37448th | +41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.37825th | -8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.39022nd | +1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.25344th | +29 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 2.32116th | -67 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.223103rd | +41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.73377th | -32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 1.6252nd | -69 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.240135th | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.169134th | +87 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.07199th | +53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs SMU defence | ND offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | 0.02364th | +51 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.36141st | +28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.317103rd | -19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.03071st | +6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.42689th | +51 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 1.065109th | -5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.03840th | +29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.2997th | -4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.711112th | +16 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.43457th | +51 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.20011th | -121 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.70256th | -37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.21392nd | +39 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.3892nd | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 3.950109th | +103 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.204122nd | +106 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.141124th | +121 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.06376th | -25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
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.