The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 3.5% ~1.2 sacks |
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 6.9% ~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.
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs PSU defence | MINN offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | -0.10319th | -62 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.31510th | -37 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.17147th | -79 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | 0.04074th | -33 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.33931st | -13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 1.129125th | -1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | -0.1643rd | -61 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.2966th | -38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.2074th | -116 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.36511th | -7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.22423rd | -101 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 2.52933rd | -101 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.229109th | -23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.66750th | -61 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 3.63688th | -6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.195114th | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.11294th | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.083120th | +59 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.600135th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs MINN defence | PSU offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.04172nd | +17 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.37052nd | -42 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.20561st | +19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.07486th | +8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.38757th | -42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.87047th | -34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.18082nd | +50 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.36945th | -27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.54368th | +51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.42046th | -46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.27562nd | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 2.68054th | -51 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.270131st | +97 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.57117th | -65 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 4.471127th | +61 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.237133rd | +100 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.172135th | +116 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.06583rd | +4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
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.