The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 10.2% ~3.4 sacks |
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 3.8% ~1.3 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.
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs ND defence | MSU offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.11915th | -100 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.34224th | -41 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.13837th | -93 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | -0.2298th | -109 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.30412th | -83 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.81230th | -74 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | -0.02126th | -67 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.37448th | +7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.37825th | -96 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.39022nd | -33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.25344th | -54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.32116th | -81 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.223103rd | -5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.73377th | -13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 1.6252nd | -103 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.240135th | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.169134th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.07199th | +5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs MSU defence | ND offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | 0.151103rd | +90 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.42796th | +83 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.23472nd | -50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.06081st | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.455110th | +72 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.85442nd | -72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.21290th | +79 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.37953rd | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.723114th | +18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.48497th | +91 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.30189th | -43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.75958th | -35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.260128th | +75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.63235th | -27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 3.60086th | +80 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.15152nd | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.09562nd | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.05658th | -43 |
| 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.