The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 7.0% ~2.3 sacks |
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 4.3% ~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.
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs OSU defence | NU offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | -0.08123rd | +2 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.35333rd | -16 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.21164th | +19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | -0.04242nd | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.435100th | +2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 0.94580th | +15 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | -0.1377th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.2752nd | -11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.58883rd | +37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.39828th | -50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.28271st | +57 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 2.79162nd | -42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.19469th | -24 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.66749th | +20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 2.77833rd | +21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.208125th | +69 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.10478th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.104135th | +131 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs NU defence | OSU offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | 0.08380th | +72 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.441106th | +99 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.12032nd | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | 0.112100th | +52 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.472124th | +56 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.86846th | +2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | 0.03538th | +35 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.40574th | +72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.40633rd | -31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.515123rd | +113 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.22827th | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 3.429131st | +73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.14217th | -53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.59122nd | -26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.42117th | +4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.16272nd | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.0637th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.099131st | +72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
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.