The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces TOL | 2.1% 9612th | 4.4% ~1.5 sacks |
| TOL pass rush | 7.1% 9937th | 6.9% 218110th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 8.6% ~2.8 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.
TOL with the ball
| TOL offence vs MSU defence | TOL offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.26934th | 0.151103rd | +69 |
| success rate | 0.44762nd | 0.42796th | +34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5271st | 1.23472nd | +71 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10675th | 0.06081st | +6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41596th | 0.455110th | +14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06730th | 0.85442nd | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.44024th | 0.21290th | +66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48440th | 0.37953rd | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9357th | 1.723114th | +107 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49763rd | 0.48497th | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32959th | 0.30189th | +30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07774th | 2.75958th | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17075th | 0.260128th | +53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667106th | 0.63235th | -71 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.55237th | 3.60086th | +49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13662nd | 0.15152nd | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07238th | 0.09562nd | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06497th | 0.05658th | -39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300106th | — | — |
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs TOL defence | MSU offence | TOL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.02339th | -76 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.32515th | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.30295th | -35 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | -0.09529th | -88 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.2839th | -86 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.95882nd | -22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | 0.17079th | -14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.39169th | +28 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.58082nd | -39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.38619th | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.21016th | -82 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.62146th | -51 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.20785th | -23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.3893rd | -87 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 2.87541st | -64 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.13531st | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.07324th | -106 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.06272nd | -22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
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.