The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces WASH | 8.0% 112109th | 7.4% ~2.4 sacks |
| WASH pass rush | 7.8% 9026th | 13.7% 1757th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 9.0% ~3.0 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.
WASH with the ball
| WASH offence vs MSU defence | WASH offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15173rd | 0.151103rd | +30 |
| success rate | 0.44664th | 0.42796th | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20780th | 1.23472nd | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.05592nd | 0.06081st | -11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394110th | 0.455110th | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89286th | 0.85442nd | -44 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27265th | 0.21290th | +25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47647th | 0.37953rd | +6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.391117th | 1.723114th | -3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49270th | 0.48497th | +27 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30282nd | 0.30189th | +7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.815110th | 2.75958th | -52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.221122nd | 0.260128th | +6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.615119th | 0.63235th | -84 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.86273rd | 3.60086th | +13 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13254th | 0.15152nd | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08567th | 0.09562nd | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04756th | 0.05658th | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40074th | — | — |
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs WASH defence | MSU offence | WASH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.1486th | -109 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.34426th | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.16146th | -84 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | -0.2089th | -108 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.32120th | -75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.74122nd | -82 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | -0.00330th | -63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.38561st | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.55470th | -51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.38118th | -37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.27359th | -39 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.32317th | -80 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.305135th | +27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.3331st | -89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 2.60923rd | -82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.203119th | -9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.121111th | -19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.082119th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
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.