The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 4.1% ~1.4 sacks |
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 2.4% ~0.8 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.
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs OSU defence | ILL offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | -0.08123rd | -5 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.35333rd | +22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.21164th | +13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | -0.04242nd | +22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.435100th | +84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.94580th | +35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | -0.1377th | -44 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.2752nd | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.58883rd | -7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.39828th | +13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.28271st | +47 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.79162nd | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.19469th | +58 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.66749th | -54 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 2.77833rd | -30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.208125th | +94 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.10478th | +71 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.104135th | +26 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs ILL defence | OSU offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | 0.193120th | +112 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.445112th | +105 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.26988th | +64 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | 0.123105th | +57 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.41480th | +12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 1.039103rd | +59 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.279107th | +104 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.489127th | +125 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.47852nd | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.490102nd | +92 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.329111th | +74 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.76660th | +2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.20783rd | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.783103rd | +55 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 3.864105th | +92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.13128th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.06915th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.06270th | +11 |
| 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.