The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 4.4% ~1.5 sacks |
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 2.2% ~0.7 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.
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs MD defence | ILL offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | 0.02967th | +39 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.38060th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.22167th | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | -0.05139th | +19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.36746th | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.87856th | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | 0.16978th | +27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.41888th | +70 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.57279th | -11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.41643rd | +28 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.319106th | +82 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.33418th | -8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.227108th | +97 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.70663rd | -40 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 4.150117th | +54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.15965th | +34 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.11497th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.04531st | -78 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs ILL defence | MD offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | 0.193120th | +41 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.445112th | +55 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.26988th | +25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | 0.123105th | +38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.41480th | -4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 1.039103rd | +63 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | 0.279107th | +8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.489127th | +71 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.47852nd | -63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.490102nd | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.329111th | +38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.76660th | -39 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.20783rd | -43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.783103rd | +14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 3.864105th | +7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.13128th | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.06915th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.06270th | -8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
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.