The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ORE pass rush | 4.2% 12087th | 7.1% 225104th | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 3.7% ~1.2 sacks |
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces ORE | 4.6% 10863rd | 5.9% ~2.0 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.
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs ORE defence | NEB offence | ORE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | -0.00349th | +43 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.37357th | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.23977th | +69 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | 0.04175th | +70 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.37853rd | +24 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 0.90167th | +62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | 0.03639th | +22 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.37954th | +23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.54066th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.41036th | -8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.29484th | +80 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 2.68555th | +27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.18554th | +3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.75085th | -2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 3.33367th | +58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.15760th | +37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.0491st | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.108136th | +104 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70087th | — | — |
ORE with the ball
| ORE offence vs NEB defence | ORE offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32814th | -0.01843rd | +29 |
| success rate | 0.47841st | 0.36646th | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41416th | 1.24178th | +62 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22533rd | 0.00260th | +27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47347th | 0.35537th | -10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00156th | 1.050106th | +50 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.41428th | -0.10712th | -16 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48043rd | 0.34926th | -17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.77722nd | 1.34220th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51548th | 0.46482nd | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38822nd | 0.1907th | -15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.36032nd | 2.89875th | +43 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12219th | 0.18251st | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81032nd | 0.800108th | +76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.02915th | 2.61124th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10721st | 0.204121st | +100 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06930th | 0.136119th | +89 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03826th | 0.06890th | +64 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200108th | — | — |
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.