The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces IOWA | 1.9% 1069th | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| IOWA pass rush | 9.0% 7820th | 7.4% 17596th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 6.5% ~2.1 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.
IOWA with the ball
| IOWA offence vs MICH defence | IOWA offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17265th | -0.09021st | -44 |
| success rate | 0.43081st | 0.3119th | -72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27949th | 1.20057th | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23231st | -0.13322nd | -9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42689th | 0.31416th | -73 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3423rd | 0.72821st | +18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19483rd | -0.06416th | -67 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45060th | 0.31012th | -48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.219136th | 1.684106th | -30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51149th | 0.37716th | -33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.241118th | 0.2009th | -109 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49522nd | 2.62848th | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13227th | 0.223102nd | +75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.529132nd | 0.71467th | -65 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66782nd | 2.0537th | -75 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09914th | 0.17890th | +76 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0468th | 0.137120th | +112 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05367th | 0.04118th | -49 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400103rd | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs IOWA defence | MICH offence | IOWA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | -0.1458th | -58 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.3004th | -73 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.03812th | -84 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | -0.2446th | -97 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.31919th | -84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.3852nd | -116 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | 0.06851st | +25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.3018th | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.787120th | +69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.3558th | -102 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.20915th | -4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.60444th | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.19367th | +46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.72775th | +7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 2.1679th | -99 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.17381st | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.08240th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.091129th | +41 |
| 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.