The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces ORE | 4.6% 10863rd | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| ORE pass rush | 4.2% 12087th | 7.1% 225104th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 7.2% ~2.4 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.
ORE with the ball
| ORE offence vs MSU defence | ORE offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32814th | 0.151103rd | +89 |
| success rate | 0.47841st | 0.42796th | +55 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41416th | 1.23472nd | +56 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22533rd | 0.06081st | +48 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47347th | 0.455110th | +63 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00156th | 0.85442nd | -14 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.41428th | 0.21290th | +62 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48043rd | 0.37953rd | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.77722nd | 1.723114th | +92 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51548th | 0.48497th | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38822nd | 0.30189th | +67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.36032nd | 2.75958th | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12219th | 0.260128th | +109 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81032nd | 0.63235th | +3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.02915th | 3.60086th | +71 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10721st | 0.15152nd | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06930th | 0.09562nd | +32 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03826th | 0.05658th | +32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200108th | — | — |
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs ORE defence | MSU offence | ORE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | -0.00349th | -66 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.37357th | -8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.23977th | -53 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | 0.04175th | -42 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.37853rd | -42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.90167th | -37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | 0.03639th | -54 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.37954th | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.54066th | -55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.41036th | -19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.29484th | -14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.68555th | -42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.18554th | -54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.75085th | -5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.33367th | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.15760th | -68 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.0491st | -129 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.108136th | +42 |
| 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.