The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 3.6% ~1.2 sacks |
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 3.9% ~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.
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs PSU defence | WIS offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | -0.10319th | -56 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.31510th | -79 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.17147th | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | 0.04074th | +30 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.33931st | -91 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 1.129125th | +119 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | -0.1643rd | -85 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.2966th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.2074th | -77 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.36511th | -71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.22423rd | -62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.52933rd | -59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.229109th | +54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.66750th | -77 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 3.63688th | -18 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.195114th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.11294th | +39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.083120th | -7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs WIS defence | PSU offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | -0.05130th | -25 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.34022nd | -72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.04213th | -29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.07888th | +10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.33830th | -69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.87251st | -30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | -0.03024th | -8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.37246th | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.1873rd | -14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.42853rd | -39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.1632nd | -104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 2.92885th | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.1051st | -33 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.72272nd | -10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 3.47475th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.16273rd | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.07734th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.085123rd | +44 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
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.