The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 3.6% ~1.2 sacks |
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 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.
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs UCLA defence | USC offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | -0.12712th | -7 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.32716th | +11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.347110th | +19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | -0.10526th | -59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.32826th | -10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.79928th | -79 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | -0.11911th | +1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.33319th | +15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.845128th | +42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.38921st | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.22018th | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.36521st | -28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.250124th | +52 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.833116th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 3.00051st | +20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.185105th | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.10579th | +69 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.080117th | +75 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs USC defence | UCLA offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | 0.191119th | +92 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.42291st | +61 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.363113th | +55 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | 0.08089th | +87 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.40069th | +64 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 0.96184th | +53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | 0.424127th | +24 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.462114th | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.724115th | +75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.44667th | +41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.374131st | +81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.58741st | +40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.19368th | +65 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.76294th | +74 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 4.179119th | +74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.1169th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.07530th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.04121st | -97 |
| 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.