The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| STAN pass rush | 2.6% 151116th | 9.0% 27863rd | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 2.7% ~0.9 sacks |
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces STAN | 3.3% 15335th | 7.3% ~2.4 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 STAN defence | SMU offence | STAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.281133rd | +93 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.458122nd | +113 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.377118th | +59 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.158119th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.458112th | +63 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 1.128124th | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.456132nd | +125 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.466116th | +109 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.59286th | +53 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.495107th | +86 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.383132nd | +117 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.222116th | +33 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.14519th | -43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.812111th | +2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 5.000132nd | +61 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.12820th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.08036th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.04940th | -6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
STAN with the ball
| STAN offence vs SMU defence | STAN offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13080th | 0.02364th | -16 |
| success rate | 0.393112th | 0.36141st | -71 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24961st | 1.317103rd | +42 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.002114th | 0.03071st | -43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.398105th | 0.42689th | -16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796113th | 1.065109th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23074th | 0.03840th | -34 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386105th | 0.2997th | -98 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60256th | 1.711112th | +56 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46496th | 0.43457th | -39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.253114th | 0.20011th | -103 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.760115th | 2.70256th | -59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212117th | 0.21392nd | -25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76956th | 0.3892nd | -54 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.261109th | 3.950109th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12540th | 0.204122nd | +82 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07443rd | 0.141124th | +81 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05163rd | 0.06376th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.60013th | — | — |
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.