The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces WIS | 2.9% 10227th | 4.3% ~1.4 sacks |
| WIS pass rush | 3.3% 90101st | 6.6% 181114th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 3.3% ~1.1 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.
WIS with the ball
| WIS offence vs MD defence | WIS offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14275th | 0.02967th | -8 |
| success rate | 0.42389th | 0.38060th | -29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39119th | 1.22167th | +48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18344th | -0.05139th | -5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368122nd | 0.36746th | -76 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2416th | 0.87856th | +50 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17688th | 0.16978th | -10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48836th | 0.41888th | +52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50781st | 1.57279th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48282nd | 0.41643rd | -39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30085th | 0.319106th | +21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94892nd | 2.33418th | -74 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15455th | 0.227108th | +53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562127th | 0.70663rd | -64 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.333106th | 4.150117th | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16399th | 0.15965th | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08155th | 0.11497th | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081127th | 0.04531st | -96 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10098th | — | — |
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs WIS defence | MD offence | WIS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.05130th | -49 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.34022nd | -35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.04213th | -50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | 0.07888th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.33830th | -54 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 0.87251st | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | -0.03024th | -75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.37246th | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.1873rd | -112 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.42853rd | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.1632nd | -71 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.92885th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.1051st | -125 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.72272nd | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 3.47475th | -23 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.16273rd | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.07734th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.085123rd | +45 |
| 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.