The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 7.7% ~2.6 sacks |
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 4.2% ~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.
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs MICH defence | UCLA offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | -0.09021st | -6 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.3119th | -21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.20057th | -1 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | -0.13322nd | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.31416th | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 0.72821st | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | -0.06416th | -87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.31012th | -89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.684106th | +66 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.37716th | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.2009th | -41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.62848th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.223102nd | +99 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.71467th | +47 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 2.0537th | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.17890th | +37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.137120th | +102 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.04118th | -100 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.700134th | — | — |
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs UCLA defence | MICH offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | -0.12712th | -54 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.32716th | -61 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.347110th | +14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | -0.10526th | -77 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.32826th | -77 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.79928th | -90 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | -0.11911th | -15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.33319th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.845128th | +77 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.38921st | -89 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.22018th | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.36521st | -43 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.250124th | +103 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.833116th | +48 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 3.00051st | -57 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.185105th | +45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.10579th | +39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.080117th | +29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
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.