The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs MD defence | PSU offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.02967th | +12 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.38060th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.22167th | +25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | -0.05139th | -39 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.36746th | -53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.87856th | -25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.16978th | +46 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.41888th | +16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.57279th | +62 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.41643rd | -49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.319106th | 0 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 2.33418th | -87 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.227108th | +74 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.70663rd | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 4.150117th | +51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.15965th | +32 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.11497th | +78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.04531st | -48 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs PSU defence | MD offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.10319th | -60 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.31510th | -47 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.17147th | -16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | 0.04074th | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.33931st | -53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 1.129125th | +85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | -0.1643rd | -96 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.2966th | -50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.2074th | -111 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.36511th | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.22423rd | -50 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.52933rd | -66 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.229109th | -17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.66750th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 3.63688th | -10 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.195114th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.11294th | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.083120th | +42 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
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.