The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CSU pass rush | 2.9% 68108th | 9.9% 18144th | faces SDSU | 7.4% 94101st | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| SDSU pass rush | 6.5% 7744th | 7.2% 209102nd | faces CSU | 0.8% 1223rd | 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.
SDSU with the ball
| SDSU offence vs CSU defence | SDSU offence | CSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.085133rd | 0.163112th | -21 |
| success rate | 0.347130th | 0.462124th | -6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143111th | 1.19856th | -55 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.034122nd | 0.229130th | +8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.350130th | 0.487130th | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86696th | 0.92776th | -20 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.109135th | 0.273103rd | -32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.353127th | 0.467117th | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.53573rd | 1.664103rd | +30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.393132nd | 0.522127th | -5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263108th | 0.31096th | -12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94094th | 3.395129th | +35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.203107th | 0.15829th | -78 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545131st | 0.889131st | 0 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43597th | 4.037114th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.172113th | 0.18295th | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.101100th | 0.10785th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.071113th | 0.075102nd | -11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.90032nd | — | — |
CSU with the ball
| CSU offence vs SDSU defence | CSU offence | SDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.27033rd | 0.09784th | +51 |
| success rate | 0.43872nd | 0.442107th | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5124th | 1.04916th | +12 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28715th | -0.00656th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42987th | 0.463119th | +32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3442nd | 0.67713th | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30954th | 0.24796th | +42 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44961st | 0.42999th | +38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66342nd | 1.54267th | +25 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47293rd | 0.495106th | +13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35742nd | 0.30592nd | +50 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.616125th | 3.393128th | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.202105th | 0.1115th | -100 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80036th | 0.850122nd | +86 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87519th | 3.40071st | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15587th | 0.0991st | -86 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08153rd | 0.0584th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074115th | 0.04120th | -95 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.600101st | — | — |
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.