The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces IU | 5.5% 7377th | 7.6% ~2.5 sacks |
| IU pass rush | 5.3% 9463rd | 11.2% 17923rd | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 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.
IU with the ball
| IU offence vs MICH defence | IU offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4215th | -0.09021st | +16 |
| success rate | 0.51018th | 0.3119th | -9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.38220th | 1.20057th | +37 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25622nd | -0.13322nd | 0 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47443rd | 0.31416th | -27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02246th | 0.72821st | -25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6862nd | -0.06416th | +14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5736th | 0.31012th | +6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.87710th | 1.684106th | +96 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55819th | 0.37716th | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37926th | 0.2009th | -17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.50719th | 2.62848th | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11813th | 0.223102nd | +89 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72085th | 0.71467th | -18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2417th | 2.0537th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10922nd | 0.17890th | +68 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08154th | 0.137120th | +66 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02811th | 0.04118th | +7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900121st | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs IU defence | MICH offence | IU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | -0.10717th | -49 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.3003rd | -74 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.421129th | +33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | -0.13421st | -82 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.2643rd | -100 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 1.164128th | +10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | -0.03521st | -5 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.35631st | -1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.59889th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.3292nd | -108 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.25041st | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.26212th | -52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.236112th | +91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.5007th | -61 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 2.85738th | -70 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.198115th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.169132nd | +92 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.0303rd | -85 |
| 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.