The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| IU pass rush | 5.3% 9463rd | 11.2% 17923rd | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces IU | 5.5% 7377th | 4.2% ~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.
WKU with the ball
| WKU offence vs IU defence | WKU offence | IU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | -0.10717th | -104 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.3003rd | -118 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.421129th | +73 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | -0.13421st | -112 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.2643rd | -97 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 1.164128th | 0 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | -0.03521st | -80 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.35631st | -93 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.59889th | +76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.3292nd | -120 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.25041st | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 2.26212th | -108 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.236112th | -18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.5007th | -85 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 2.85738th | -45 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.198115th | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.169132nd | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.0303rd | -18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50070th | — | — |
IU with the ball
| IU offence vs WKU defence | IU offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4215th | 0.303134th | +129 |
| success rate | 0.51018th | 0.446114th | +96 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.38220th | 1.460134th | +114 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25622nd | 0.341137th | +115 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47443rd | 0.464121st | +78 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02246th | 1.232134th | +88 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6862nd | 0.24295th | +93 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5736th | 0.429100th | +94 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.87710th | 1.727116th | +106 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55819th | 0.495108th | +89 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37926th | 0.329112th | +86 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.50719th | 3.504136th | +117 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11813th | 0.14520th | +7 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72085th | 0.850123rd | +38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2417th | 4.962131st | +124 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10922nd | 0.12823rd | +1 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08154th | 0.07427th | -27 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02811th | 0.05450th | +39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900121st | — | — |
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.