The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 4.8% ~1.6 sacks |
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 3.5% ~1.1 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.
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs OSU defence | BALL offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | -0.08123rd | -87 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.35333rd | -100 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.21164th | +50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | -0.04242nd | -41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.435100th | -27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 0.94580th | +67 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | -0.1377th | -102 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.2752nd | -126 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.58883rd | +26 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.39828th | -105 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.28271st | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 2.79162nd | -70 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.19469th | -49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.66749th | +42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 2.77833rd | -54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.208125th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.10478th | -56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.104135th | +51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70034th | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs BALL defence | OSU offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | 0.325136th | +128 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.452118th | +111 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.455132nd | +108 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | 0.256133rd | +85 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.42083rd | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 1.352136th | +92 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.455131st | +128 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.500129th | +127 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.55672nd | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.495105th | +95 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.354123rd | +86 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 3.01094th | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.18859th | -11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.77898th | +50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 5.042133rd | +120 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.11911th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.07425th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.04427th | -32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
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.