The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces UL | 6.7% 7592nd | 4.7% ~1.6 sacks |
| UL pass rush | 4.4% 9181st | 9.5% 16952nd | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 3.6% ~1.2 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.
UL with the ball
| UL offence vs USC defence | UL offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13278th | 0.191119th | +41 |
| success rate | 0.42585th | 0.42291st | +6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17595th | 1.363113th | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15455th | 0.08089th | +34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42192nd | 0.40069th | -23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12319th | 0.96184th | +65 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25668th | 0.424127th | +59 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45158th | 0.462114th | +56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.257135th | 1.724115th | -20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47588th | 0.44667th | -21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32662nd | 0.374131st | +69 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05978th | 2.58741st | -37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18389th | 0.19368th | -21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75066th | 0.76294th | +28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.79375th | 4.179119th | +44 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15080th | 0.1169th | -71 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.117122nd | 0.07530th | -92 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03317th | 0.04121st | +4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.900125th | — | — |
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs UL defence | USC offence | UL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.1663rd | -16 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.39773rd | +68 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 0.9845th | -86 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | -0.3052nd | -83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.41882nd | +46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.5047th | -100 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | 0.12768th | +58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.40876th | +72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.42935th | -51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.44971st | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.28069th | +66 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.65153rd | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.245118th | +46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.4626th | -37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 4.455126th | +95 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.18296th | +88 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.116102nd | +92 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.06686th | +44 |
| 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.