The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces MICH | 4.0% 10050th | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| MICH pass rush | 9.8% 11212th | 12.6% 23015th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 6.7% ~2.2 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.
MICH with the ball
| MICH offence vs OSU defence | MICH offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16466th | -0.08123rd | -43 |
| success rate | 0.43577th | 0.35333rd | -44 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17496th | 1.21164th | -32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.034103rd | -0.04242nd | -61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401103rd | 0.435100th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.781118th | 0.94580th | -38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43326th | -0.1377th | -19 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49532nd | 0.2752nd | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63451st | 1.58883rd | +32 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449110th | 0.39828th | -82 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39719th | 0.28271st | +52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.17064th | 2.79162nd | -2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12721st | 0.19469th | +48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75068th | 0.66749th | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.280108th | 2.77833rd | -75 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13460th | 0.208125th | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07340th | 0.10478th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06188th | 0.104135th | +47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10015th | — | — |
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs MICH defence | OSU offence | MICH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | -0.09021st | +13 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.3119th | +2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.20057th | +33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | -0.13322nd | -26 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.31416th | -52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.72821st | -23 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | -0.06416th | +13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.31012th | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.684106th | +42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.37716th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.2009th | -28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.62848th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.223102nd | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.71467th | +19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.0537th | -6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.17890th | +66 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.137120th | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.04118th | -41 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
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.