The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces FRES | 2.7% 11121st | 2.7% ~0.9 sacks |
| FRES pass rush | 5.7% 12355th | 9.5% 26249th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 4.3% ~1.4 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.
FRES with the ball
| FRES offence vs USC defence | FRES offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11589th | 0.191119th | +30 |
| success rate | 0.369123rd | 0.42291st | -32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42811th | 1.363113th | +102 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.025105th | 0.08089th | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.336134th | 0.40069th | -65 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2267th | 0.96184th | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36145th | 0.424127th | +82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44566th | 0.462114th | +48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60655th | 1.724115th | +60 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.399130th | 0.44667th | -63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30379th | 0.374131st | +52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.559131st | 2.58741st | -90 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.266136th | 0.19368th | -68 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500133rd | 0.76294th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.64085th | 4.179119th | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13355th | 0.1169th | -46 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.108109th | 0.07530th | -79 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0247th | 0.04121st | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900120th | — | — |
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs FRES defence | USC offence | FRES defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | 0.01055th | +36 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.444110th | +105 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.12733rd | -58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | -0.02047th | -38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.438102nd | +66 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.82131st | -76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | 0.11463rd | +53 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.467118th | +114 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.49458th | -28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.510119th | +97 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.27663rd | +60 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.93287th | +38 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.20886th | +14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.65042nd | -1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 2.90042nd | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.15659th | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.10070th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.05656th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
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.