The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 5.9% ~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.
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs UNC defence | NCSU offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | -0.01941st | -13 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.39369th | +36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.0248th | -69 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.05880th | +44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.42990th | +60 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.82732nd | -9 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.02737th | -30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.37649th | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.2426th | -104 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.47187th | +57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.22725th | -26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.94088th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.1227th | -40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.875129th | +108 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 2.68829th | +4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.14140th | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.09765th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.04428th | -67 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs NCSU defence | UNC offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | 0.12093rd | +7 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.39974th | +39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.25082nd | -52 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | 0.06784th | +13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.446106th | +96 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.96786th | -44 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | 0.270101st | +7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.36642nd | -42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.64399th | 0 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.45677th | +39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.26454th | +24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.82166th | +61 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.19061st | +41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.76290th | +39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 3.59184th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.15254th | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.07017th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.082118th | +56 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
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.