The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| IOWA pass rush | 9.0% 7820th | 7.4% 17596th | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces IOWA | 1.9% 1069th | 2.6% ~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.
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs IOWA defence | WIS offence | IOWA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | -0.1458th | -67 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.3004th | -85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.03812th | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | -0.2446th | -38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.31919th | -103 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 0.3852nd | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | 0.06851st | -37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.3018th | -28 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.787120th | +39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.3558th | -74 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.20915th | -70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.60444th | -48 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.19367th | +12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.72775th | -52 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 2.1679th | -97 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.17381st | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.08240th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.091129th | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
IOWA with the ball
| IOWA offence vs WIS defence | IOWA offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17265th | -0.05130th | -35 |
| success rate | 0.43081st | 0.34022nd | -59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27949th | 1.04213th | -36 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23231st | 0.07888th | +57 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42689th | 0.33830th | -59 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3423rd | 0.87251st | +48 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19483rd | -0.03024th | -59 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45060th | 0.37246th | -14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.219136th | 1.1873rd | -133 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51149th | 0.42853rd | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.241118th | 0.1632nd | -116 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49522nd | 2.92885th | +63 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13227th | 0.1051st | -26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.529132nd | 0.72272nd | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66782nd | 3.47475th | -7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09914th | 0.16273rd | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0468th | 0.07734th | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05367th | 0.085123rd | +56 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400103rd | — | — |
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.