The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 10.0% ~3.3 sacks |
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 5.4% ~1.8 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 MICH defence | MSU offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.09021st | -94 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.3119th | -56 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.20057th | -73 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | -0.13322nd | -95 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.31416th | -79 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.72821st | -83 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | -0.06416th | -77 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.31012th | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.684106th | -15 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.37716th | -39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.2009th | -89 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.62848th | -49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.223102nd | -6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.71467th | -23 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 2.0537th | -98 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.17890th | -38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.137120th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.04118th | -76 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs MSU defence | MICH offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | 0.151103rd | +37 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.42796th | +19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.23472nd | -24 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | 0.06081st | -22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.455110th | +7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.85442nd | -76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | 0.21290th | +64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.37953rd | +21 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.723114th | +63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.48497th | -13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.30189th | +70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.75958th | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.260128th | +107 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.63235th | -33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 3.60086th | -22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.15152nd | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.09562nd | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.05658th | -30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
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.