The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces | — | — |
| pass rush | — | — | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | — |
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.
null with the ball
| offence vs NU defence | offence | NU defence | rank gap |
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NU with the ball
| NU offence vs defence | NU offence | defence | rank gap |
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| points added per play | 0.30421st | — | — |
| success rate | 0.46349th | — | — |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | — | — |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | — | — |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | — | — |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | — | — |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | — | — |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | — | — |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | — | — |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | — | — |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | — | — |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | — | — |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | — | — |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | — | — |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | — | — |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | — | — |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | — | — |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | — | — |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
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.