The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 2.8% ~0.9 sacks |
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 7.0% ~2.3 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.
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs CONN defence | MD offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | 0.01961st | -18 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.38664th | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.25585th | +22 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | -0.01454th | -13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.38154th | -30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 0.87453rd | +13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | 0.06648th | -51 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.39371st | +15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.50260th | -55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.44061st | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.28374th | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.64852nd | -47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.21291st | -35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.61129th | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 2.72030th | -68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.16979th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.08345th | -19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.086124th | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs MD defence | CONN offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | 0.02967th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.38060th | -19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.22167th | +54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | -0.05139th | +1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.36746th | -17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 0.87856th | +8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | 0.16978th | +37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.41888th | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.57279th | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.41643rd | -40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.319106th | +54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.33418th | -33 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.227108th | +37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.70663rd | -44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 4.150117th | +87 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.15965th | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.11497th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.04531st | +3 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
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.