The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PUR pass rush | 3.4% 8899th | 5.9% 205127th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces PUR | 8.4% 119114th | 7.0% ~2.3 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.
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs PUR defence | MD offence | PUR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | 0.351138th | +59 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.500136th | +79 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.366114th | +51 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | 0.300135th | +68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.518136th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 1.054107th | +67 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | 0.412126th | +27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.469119th | +63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.827125th | +10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.536132nd | +79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.413135th | +62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 3.319124th | +25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.15126th | -100 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.76293rd | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 5.200136th | +38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.14038th | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.08138th | -26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.05861st | -17 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
PUR with the ball
| PUR offence vs MD defence | PUR offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23745th | 0.02967th | +22 |
| success rate | 0.46548th | 0.38060th | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19886th | 1.22167th | -19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08384th | -0.05139th | -45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42988th | 0.36746th | -42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88388th | 0.87856th | -32 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39930th | 0.16978th | +48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50628th | 0.41888th | +60 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.408109th | 1.57279th | -30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50754th | 0.41643rd | -11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35444th | 0.319106th | +62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.02785th | 2.33418th | -67 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15957th | 0.227108th | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78946th | 0.70663rd | +17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.63086th | 4.150117th | +31 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13357th | 0.15965th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10199th | 0.11497th | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03116th | 0.04531st | +15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80018th | — | — |
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.