The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| IU pass rush | 5.3% 9463rd | 11.2% 17923rd | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 4.1% ~1.3 sacks |
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces IU | 5.5% 7377th | 4.1% ~1.4 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.
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs IU defence | USC offence | IU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.10717th | -2 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.3003rd | -2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.421129th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | -0.13421st | -64 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.2643rd | -33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 1.164128th | +21 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | -0.03521st | +11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.35631st | +27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.59889th | +3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.3292nd | -20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.25041st | +38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.26212th | -37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.236112th | +40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.5007th | -36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 2.85738th | +7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.198115th | +107 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.169132nd | +122 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.0303rd | -39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
IU with the ball
| IU offence vs USC defence | IU offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4215th | 0.191119th | +114 |
| success rate | 0.51018th | 0.42291st | +73 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.38220th | 1.363113th | +93 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25622nd | 0.08089th | +67 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47443rd | 0.40069th | +26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02246th | 0.96184th | +38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6862nd | 0.424127th | +125 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5736th | 0.462114th | +108 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.87710th | 1.724115th | +105 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55819th | 0.44667th | +48 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37926th | 0.374131st | +105 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.50719th | 2.58741st | +22 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11813th | 0.19368th | +55 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72085th | 0.76294th | +9 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2417th | 4.179119th | +112 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10922nd | 0.1169th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08154th | 0.07530th | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02811th | 0.04121st | +10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900121st | — | — |
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.