The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 2.1% ~0.7 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.
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs ND defence | WIS offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | -0.11915th | -60 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.34224th | -65 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.13837th | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | -0.2298th | -36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.30412th | -110 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 0.81230th | +24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | -0.02126th | -62 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.37448th | +12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.37825th | -56 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.39022nd | -60 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.25344th | -41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.32116th | -76 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.223103rd | +48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.73377th | -50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 1.6252nd | -104 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.240135th | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.169134th | +79 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.07199th | -28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs WIS defence | ND offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | -0.05130th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.34022nd | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.04213th | -109 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.07888th | +23 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.33830th | -8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.87251st | -63 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | -0.03024th | +13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.37246th | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.1873rd | -93 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.42853rd | +47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.1632nd | -130 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.92885th | -8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.1051st | -52 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.72272nd | +10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 3.47475th | +69 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.16273rd | +57 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.07734th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.085123rd | +22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
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.