The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces RICE | 6.0% 5088th | 8.1% ~2.7 sacks |
| RICE pass rush | 1.1% 88136th | 7.8% 19391st | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 1.0% ~0.3 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.
RICE with the ball
| RICE offence vs ND defence | RICE offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.069102nd | -0.11915th | -87 |
| success rate | 0.44761st | 0.34224th | -37 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118121st | 1.13837th | -84 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12770th | -0.2298th | -62 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48933rd | 0.30412th | -21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98662nd | 0.81230th | -32 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.059133rd | -0.02126th | -107 |
| pass: success rate | 0.333130th | 0.37448th | -82 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64847th | 1.37825th | -22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52741st | 0.39022nd | -19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.239120th | 0.25344th | -76 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.35333rd | 2.32116th | -17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13228th | 0.223103rd | +75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80039th | 0.73377th | +38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.83374th | 1.6252nd | -72 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13764th | 0.240135th | +71 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.110111th | 0.169134th | +23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0279th | 0.07199th | +90 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 76.4002nd | — | — |
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs RICE defence | ND offence | RICE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | 0.13798th | +85 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.42997th | +84 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.28992nd | -30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.152117th | +52 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.42688th | +50 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 1.141126th | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.15074th | +63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.442105th | +94 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.49759th | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.489101st | +95 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.31097th | -35 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.76661st | -32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.18452nd | -1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.64740th | -22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 4.280122nd | +116 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.14644th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.10786th | +83 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.03814th | -87 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
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.