The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 6.8% ~2.2 sacks |
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 4.9% ~1.6 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.
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs WIS defence | MSU offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.05130th | -85 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.34022nd | -43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.04213th | -117 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | 0.07888th | -29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.33830th | -65 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.87251st | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | -0.03024th | -69 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.37246th | +5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.1873rd | -118 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.42853rd | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.1632nd | -96 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.92885th | -12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.1051st | -107 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.72272nd | -18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.47475th | -30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.16273rd | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.07734th | -96 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.085123rd | +29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs MSU defence | WIS offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | 0.151103rd | +28 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.42796th | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.23472nd | +53 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | 0.06081st | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.455110th | -12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 0.85442nd | +36 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | 0.21290th | +2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.37953rd | +17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.723114th | +33 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.48497th | +15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.30189th | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.75958th | -34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.260128th | +73 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.63235th | -92 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 3.60086th | -20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.15152nd | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.09562nd | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.05658th | -69 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
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.