The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 5.0% ~1.6 sacks |
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 5.7% ~1.9 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.
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs MSU defence | ILL offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | 0.151103rd | +75 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.42796th | +85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.23472nd | +21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | 0.06081st | +61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.455110th | +94 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.85442nd | -3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | 0.21290th | +39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.37953rd | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.723114th | +24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.48497th | +82 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.30189th | +65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.75958th | +32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.260128th | +117 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.63235th | -68 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 3.60086th | +23 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.15152nd | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.09562nd | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.05658th | -51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs ILL defence | MSU offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | 0.193120th | +5 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.445112th | +47 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.26988th | -42 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | 0.123105th | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.41480th | -15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 1.039103rd | -1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | 0.279107th | +14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.489127th | +86 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.47852nd | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.490102nd | +47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.329111th | +13 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.76660th | -37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.20783rd | -25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.783103rd | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.864105th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.13128th | -100 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.06915th | -115 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.06270th | -24 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
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.