The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 3.1% ~1.0 sacks |
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 2.9% ~0.9 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.
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs WIS defence | USC offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.05130th | +11 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.34022nd | +17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.04213th | -78 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | 0.07888th | +3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.33830th | -6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.87251st | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | -0.03024th | +14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.37246th | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.1873rd | -83 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.42853rd | +31 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.1632nd | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.92885th | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.1051st | -71 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.72272nd | +29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 3.47475th | +44 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.16273rd | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.07734th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.085123rd | +81 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs USC defence | WIS offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | 0.191119th | +44 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.42291st | +2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.363113th | +94 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | 0.08089th | +45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.40069th | -53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 0.96184th | +78 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | 0.424127th | +39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.462114th | +78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.724115th | +34 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.44667th | -15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.374131st | +46 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.58741st | -51 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.19368th | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.76294th | -33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 4.179119th | +13 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.1169th | -90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.07530th | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.04121st | -106 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
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.