The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| IOWA pass rush | 9.0% 7820th | 7.4% 17596th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 6.3% ~2.1 sacks |
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces IOWA | 1.9% 1069th | 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.
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs IOWA defence | OSU offence | IOWA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | -0.1458th | 0 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.3004th | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.03812th | -12 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | -0.2446th | -42 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.31919th | -49 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.3852nd | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.06851st | +48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.3018th | +6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.787120th | +56 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.3558th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.20915th | -22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.60444th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.19367th | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.72775th | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.1679th | -4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.17381st | +57 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.08240th | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.091129th | +70 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
IOWA with the ball
| IOWA offence vs OSU defence | IOWA offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17265th | -0.08123rd | -42 |
| success rate | 0.43081st | 0.35333rd | -48 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27949th | 1.21164th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23231st | -0.04242nd | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42689th | 0.435100th | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3423rd | 0.94580th | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19483rd | -0.1377th | -76 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45060th | 0.2752nd | -58 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.219136th | 1.58883rd | -53 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51149th | 0.39828th | -21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.241118th | 0.28271st | -47 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49522nd | 2.79162nd | +40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13227th | 0.19469th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.529132nd | 0.66749th | -83 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66782nd | 2.77833rd | -49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09914th | 0.208125th | +111 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0468th | 0.10478th | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05367th | 0.104135th | +68 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400103rd | — | — |
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.