The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces WASH | 8.0% 112109th | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| WASH pass rush | 7.8% 9026th | 13.7% 1757th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 5.3% ~1.8 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.
WASH with the ball
| WASH offence vs USC defence | WASH offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15173rd | 0.191119th | +46 |
| success rate | 0.44664th | 0.42291st | +27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20780th | 1.363113th | +33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.05592nd | 0.08089th | -3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394110th | 0.40069th | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89286th | 0.96184th | -2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27265th | 0.424127th | +62 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47647th | 0.462114th | +67 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.391117th | 1.724115th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49270th | 0.44667th | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30282nd | 0.374131st | +49 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.815110th | 2.58741st | -69 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.221122nd | 0.19368th | -54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.615119th | 0.76294th | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.86273rd | 4.179119th | +46 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13254th | 0.1169th | -45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08567th | 0.07530th | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04756th | 0.04121st | -35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40074th | — | — |
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs WASH defence | USC offence | WASH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.1486th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.34426th | +21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.16146th | -45 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | -0.2089th | -76 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.32120th | -16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.74122nd | -85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | -0.00330th | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.38561st | +57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.55470th | -16 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.38118th | -4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.27359th | +56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.32317th | -32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.305135th | +63 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.3331st | -42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 2.60923rd | -8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.203119th | +111 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.121111th | +101 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.082119th | +77 |
| 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.