The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| IU pass rush | 5.3% 9463rd | 11.2% 17923rd | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces IU | 5.5% 7377th | 5.3% ~1.7 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.
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs IU defence | OSU offence | IU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | -0.10717th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.3003rd | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.421129th | +105 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | -0.13421st | -27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.2643rd | -65 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 1.164128th | +84 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | -0.03521st | +18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.35631st | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.59889th | +25 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.3292nd | -8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.25041st | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.26212th | -46 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.236112th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.5007th | -41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.85738th | +25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.198115th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.169132nd | +109 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.0303rd | -56 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
IU with the ball
| IU offence vs OSU defence | IU offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4215th | -0.08123rd | +18 |
| success rate | 0.51018th | 0.35333rd | +15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.38220th | 1.21164th | +44 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25622nd | -0.04242nd | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47443rd | 0.435100th | +57 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02246th | 0.94580th | +34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6862nd | -0.1377th | +5 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5736th | 0.2752nd | -4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.87710th | 1.58883rd | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55819th | 0.39828th | +9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37926th | 0.28271st | +45 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.50719th | 2.79162nd | +43 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11813th | 0.19469th | +56 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72085th | 0.66749th | -36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2417th | 2.77833rd | +26 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10922nd | 0.208125th | +103 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08154th | 0.10478th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02811th | 0.104135th | +124 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900121st | — | — |
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.