The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 4.1% ~1.4 sacks |
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 4.7% ~1.5 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.
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs OSU defence | MD offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.08123rd | -56 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.35333rd | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.21164th | +1 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | -0.04242nd | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.435100th | +16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 0.94580th | +40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | -0.1377th | -92 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.2752nd | -54 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.58883rd | -32 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.39828th | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.28271st | -2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.79162nd | -37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.19469th | -57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.66749th | -40 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 2.77833rd | -65 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.208125th | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.10478th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.104135th | +57 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs MD defence | OSU offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | 0.02967th | +59 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.38060th | +53 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.22167th | +43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | -0.05139th | -9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.36746th | -22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.87856th | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.16978th | +75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.41888th | +86 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.57279th | +15 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.41643rd | +33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.319106th | +69 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.33418th | -40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.227108th | +38 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.70663rd | +15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 4.150117th | +104 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.15965th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.11497th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.04531st | -28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
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.