The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces ORE | 4.6% 10863rd | 3.7% ~1.2 sacks |
| ORE pass rush | 4.2% 12087th | 7.1% 225104th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 3.5% ~1.2 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.
ORE with the ball
| ORE offence vs USC defence | ORE offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32814th | 0.191119th | +105 |
| success rate | 0.47841st | 0.42291st | +50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41416th | 1.363113th | +97 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22533rd | 0.08089th | +56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47347th | 0.40069th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00156th | 0.96184th | +28 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.41428th | 0.424127th | +99 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48043rd | 0.462114th | +71 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.77722nd | 1.724115th | +93 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51548th | 0.44667th | +19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38822nd | 0.374131st | +109 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.36032nd | 2.58741st | +9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12219th | 0.19368th | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81032nd | 0.76294th | +62 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.02915th | 4.179119th | +104 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10721st | 0.1169th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06930th | 0.07530th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03826th | 0.04121st | -5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200108th | — | — |
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs ORE defence | USC offence | ORE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.00349th | +30 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.37357th | +52 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.23977th | -14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | 0.04175th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.37853rd | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.90167th | -40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | 0.03639th | +29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.37954th | +50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.54066th | -20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.41036th | +14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.29484th | +81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.68555th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.18554th | -18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.75085th | +42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 3.33367th | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.15760th | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.0491st | -9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.108136th | +94 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
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.