The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces ORE | 4.6% 10863rd | 2.9% ~1.0 sacks |
| ORE pass rush | 4.2% 12087th | 7.1% 225104th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
ORE with the ball
| ORE offence vs ILL defence | ORE offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32814th | 0.193120th | +106 |
| success rate | 0.47841st | 0.445112th | +71 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41416th | 1.26988th | +72 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22533rd | 0.123105th | +72 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47347th | 0.41480th | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00156th | 1.039103rd | +47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.41428th | 0.279107th | +79 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48043rd | 0.489127th | +84 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.77722nd | 1.47852nd | +30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51548th | 0.490102nd | +54 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38822nd | 0.329111th | +89 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.36032nd | 2.76660th | +28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12219th | 0.20783rd | +64 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81032nd | 0.783103rd | +71 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.02915th | 3.864105th | +90 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10721st | 0.13128th | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06930th | 0.06915th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03826th | 0.06270th | +44 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200108th | — | — |
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs ORE defence | ILL offence | ORE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | -0.00349th | +21 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.37357th | +46 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.23977th | +26 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | 0.04175th | +55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.37853rd | +37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.90167th | +22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | 0.03639th | -12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.37954th | +36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.54066th | -24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.41036th | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.29484th | +60 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.68555th | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.18554th | +43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.75085th | -18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 3.33367th | +4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.15760th | +29 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.0491st | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.108136th | +27 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
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.