The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 7.1% ~2.3 sacks |
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 4.2% ~1.4 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.
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs MICH defence | PSU offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | -0.09021st | -34 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.3119th | -85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.20057th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | -0.13322nd | -56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.31416th | -83 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.72821st | -60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | -0.06416th | -16 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.31012th | -60 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.684106th | +89 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.37716th | -76 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.2009th | -97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 2.62848th | -57 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.223102nd | +68 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.71467th | -15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 2.0537th | -59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.17890th | +57 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.137120th | +101 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.04118th | -61 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs PSU defence | MICH offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | -0.10319th | -47 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.31510th | -67 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.17147th | -49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | 0.04074th | -29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.33931st | -72 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 1.129125th | +7 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | -0.1643rd | -23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.2966th | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.2074th | -47 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.36511th | -99 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.22423rd | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.52933rd | -31 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.229109th | +88 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.66750th | -18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 3.63688th | -20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.195114th | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.11294th | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.083120th | +32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
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.