The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 15.5% ~5.1 sacks |
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 2.6% ~0.9 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.
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs MICH defence | UTEP offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | -0.09021st | -117 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.3119th | -115 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.20057th | -70 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | -0.13322nd | -114 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.31416th | -112 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 0.72821st | -74 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | -0.06416th | -115 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.31012th | -85 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.684106th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.37716th | -99 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.2009th | -126 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 2.62848th | -85 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.223102nd | -29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.71467th | -68 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 2.0537th | -129 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.17890th | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.137120th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.04118th | -30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs UTEP defence | MICH offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | 0.252130th | +64 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.472131st | +54 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.20963rd | -33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | 0.136112th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.439104th | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.92271st | -47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | 0.512137th | +111 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.528138th | +106 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.57178th | +27 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.508116th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.369129th | +110 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.96991st | +27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.223105th | +84 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.66752nd | -16 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 4.500128th | +20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.12617th | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.09459th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.0314th | -84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
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.