The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ORE pass rush | 4.2% 12087th | 7.1% 225104th | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces ORE | 4.6% 10863rd | 4.8% ~1.6 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.
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs ORE defence | NU offence | ORE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | -0.00349th | +28 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.37357th | +8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.23977th | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | 0.04175th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.37853rd | -45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 0.90167th | +2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | 0.03639th | +26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.37954th | +41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.54066th | +20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.41036th | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.29484th | +70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 2.68555th | -49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.18554th | -39 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.75085th | +56 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 3.33367th | +55 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.15760th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.0491st | -116 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.108136th | +132 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
ORE with the ball
| ORE offence vs NU defence | ORE offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32814th | 0.08380th | +66 |
| success rate | 0.47841st | 0.441106th | +65 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41416th | 1.12032nd | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22533rd | 0.112100th | +67 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47347th | 0.472124th | +77 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00156th | 0.86846th | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.41428th | 0.03538th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48043rd | 0.40574th | +31 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.77722nd | 1.40633rd | +11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51548th | 0.515123rd | +75 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38822nd | 0.22827th | +5 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.36032nd | 3.429131st | +99 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12219th | 0.14217th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81032nd | 0.59122nd | -10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.02915th | 2.42117th | +2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10721st | 0.16272nd | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06930th | 0.0637th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03826th | 0.099131st | +105 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200108th | — | — |
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.