The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 3.8% ~1.2 sacks |
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 3.4% ~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.
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs UCLA defence | ILL offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | -0.12712th | -16 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.32716th | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.347110th | +59 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | -0.10526th | +6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.32826th | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.79928th | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | -0.11911th | -40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.33319th | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.845128th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.38921st | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.22018th | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.36521st | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.250124th | +113 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.833116th | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 3.00051st | -12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.185105th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.10579th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.080117th | +8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs ILL defence | UCLA offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | 0.193120th | +93 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.445112th | +82 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.26988th | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | 0.123105th | +103 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.41480th | +75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 1.039103rd | +72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | 0.279107th | +4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.489127th | +26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.47852nd | +12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.490102nd | +76 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.329111th | +61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.76660th | +59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.20783rd | +80 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.783103rd | +83 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 3.864105th | +60 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.13128th | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.06915th | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.06270th | -48 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.700134th | — | — |
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.