The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces UAB | 10.6% 104132nd | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| UAB pass rush | 10.4% 779th | 7.8% 24389th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 6.8% ~2.2 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.
UAB with the ball
| UAB offence vs ILL defence | UAB offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.050108th | 0.193120th | +12 |
| success rate | 0.42388th | 0.445112th | +24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18592nd | 1.26988th | -4 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13569th | 0.123105th | +36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43782nd | 0.41480th | -2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99458th | 1.039103rd | +45 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.009127th | 0.279107th | -20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41391st | 0.489127th | +36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45598th | 1.47852nd | -46 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.441117th | 0.490102nd | -15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38025th | 0.329111th | +86 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13767th | 2.76660th | -7 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15958th | 0.20783rd | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73975th | 0.783103rd | +28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.889126th | 3.864105th | -21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15892nd | 0.13128th | -64 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.106108th | 0.06915th | -93 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05370th | 0.06270th | 0 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.60091st | — | — |
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs UAB defence | ILL offence | UAB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | 0.05373rd | +45 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.450116th | +105 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.04414th | -37 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | 0.09393rd | +73 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.473125th | +109 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.94278th | +33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | -0.01129th | -22 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.40372nd | +54 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.2757th | -83 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.531130th | +115 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.25042nd | +18 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 3.430132nd | +106 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.1249th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.70462nd | -41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 3.870106th | +43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.15761st | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.120109th | +102 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.03610th | -99 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
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.