The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces UVA | 8.4% 95115th | 8.9% ~3.0 sacks |
| UVA pass rush | 7.8% 7725th | 10.9% 17527th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
UVA with the ball
| UVA offence vs VT defence | UVA offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28429th | -0.03038th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.47644th | 0.33118th | -26 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21575th | 1.30999th | +24 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15059th | -0.14717th | -42 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46754th | 0.2696th | -48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90884th | 1.306135th | +51 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53614th | 0.14273rd | +59 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52120th | 0.39170th | +50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58461st | 1.34019th | -42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55027th | 0.41339th | +12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.257111th | 0.20412th | -99 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37031st | 0.9861st | -30 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13332nd | 0.403138th | +106 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.87010th | 0.57118th | +8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.65527th | 2.52219th | -8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10519th | 0.267138th | +119 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07848th | 0.220138th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02710th | 0.04735th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400117th | — | — |
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs UVA defence | VT offence | UVA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | -0.1449th | -33 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.33319th | -17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 0.9554th | -78 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | -0.04341st | -19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.37551st | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.65110th | -59 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | -0.1455th | -41 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.30310th | -41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.39732nd | -59 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.39929th | -28 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.22221st | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.89174th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.18860th | -43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.69256th | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 3.14356th | +21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.198116th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.09969th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.099133rd | +128 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
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.