The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 7.3% ~2.4 sacks |
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 6.2% ~2.1 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.
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs UCLA defence | MSU offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.12712th | -103 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.32716th | -49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.347110th | -20 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | -0.10526th | -91 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.32826th | -69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.79928th | -76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | -0.11911th | -82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.33319th | -22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.845128th | +7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.38921st | -34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.22018th | -80 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.36521st | -76 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.250124th | +16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.833116th | +26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.00051st | -54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.185105th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.10579th | -51 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.080117th | +23 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs MSU defence | UCLA offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | 0.151103rd | +76 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.42796th | +66 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.23472nd | +14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | 0.06081st | +79 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.455110th | +105 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 0.85442nd | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | 0.21290th | -13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.37953rd | -48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.723114th | +74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.48497th | +71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.30189th | +39 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.75958th | +57 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.260128th | +125 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.63235th | +15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 3.60086th | +41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.15152nd | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.09562nd | +44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.05658th | -60 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.700134th | — | — |
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.