The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces KENT | 2.8% 7222nd | 3.9% ~1.3 sacks |
| KENT pass rush | 3.3% 90100th | 8.0% 18883rd | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 3.5% ~1.1 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.
KENT with the ball
| KENT offence vs OSU defence | KENT offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.028126th | -0.08123rd | -103 |
| success rate | 0.313137th | 0.35333rd | -104 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.36822nd | 1.21164th | +42 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.079129th | -0.04242nd | -87 |
| rush: success rate | 0.331135th | 0.435100th | -35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97267th | 0.94580th | +13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.126100th | -0.1377th | -93 |
| pass: success rate | 0.296135th | 0.2752nd | -133 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9785th | 1.58883rd | +78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.372136th | 0.39828th | -108 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.224129th | 0.28271st | -58 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.778113th | 2.79162nd | -51 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.223123rd | 0.19469th | -54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.615118th | 0.66749th | -69 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.895125th | 2.77833rd | -92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16398th | 0.208125th | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08563rd | 0.10478th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.077121st | 0.104135th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.60012th | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs KENT defence | OSU offence | KENT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | 0.201121st | +113 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.474133rd | +126 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.27289th | +65 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | 0.133109th | +61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.43498th | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.89061st | +17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.312115th | +112 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.517135th | +133 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.55571st | +7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.556137th | +127 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.26149th | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 3.189113th | +55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.15628th | -42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.842120th | +72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 5.261137th | +124 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.14139th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.10072nd | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.04017th | -42 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
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.