The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 6.3% ~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.
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs MINN defence | MICH offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | 0.04172nd | +6 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.37052nd | -25 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.20561st | -35 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | 0.07486th | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.38757th | -46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.87047th | -71 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | 0.18082nd | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.36945th | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.54368th | +17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.42046th | -64 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.27562nd | +43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.68054th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.270131st | +110 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.57117th | -51 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 4.471127th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.237133rd | +73 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.172135th | +95 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.06583rd | -5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs MICH defence | MINN offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | -0.09021st | -60 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.3119th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.20057th | -69 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | -0.13322nd | -85 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.31416th | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 0.72821st | -105 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | -0.06416th | -48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.31012th | -32 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.684106th | -14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.37716th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.2009th | -115 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 2.62848th | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.223102nd | -30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.71467th | -44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 2.0537th | -87 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.17890th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.137120th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.04118th | -43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.600135th | — | — |
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.