The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USU pass rush | 2.3% 131122nd | 7.0% 228108th | faces CSU | 0.8% 1223rd | 1.6% ~0.5 sacks |
| CSU pass rush | 2.9% 68108th | 9.9% 18144th | faces USU | 8.5% 94116th | 5.7% ~1.9 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.
CSU with the ball
| CSU offence vs USU defence | CSU offence | USU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.27033rd | 0.02162nd | +29 |
| success rate | 0.43872nd | 0.40579th | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5124th | 1.13335th | +31 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28715th | 0.00862nd | +47 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42987th | 0.40873rd | -14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3442nd | 1.00693rd | +91 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30954th | 0.04443rd | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44961st | 0.40473rd | +12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66342nd | 1.2215th | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47293rd | 0.46079th | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35742nd | 0.29283rd | +41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.616125th | 2.60243rd | -82 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.202105th | 0.21697th | -8 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80036th | 0.73780th | +44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87519th | 3.03753rd | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15587th | 0.13532nd | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08153rd | 0.07121st | -32 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074115th | 0.06482nd | -33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.600101st | — | — |
USU with the ball
| USU offence vs CSU defence | USU offence | CSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.071132nd | 0.163112th | -20 |
| success rate | 0.361128th | 0.462124th | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31532nd | 1.19856th | +24 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.103132nd | 0.229130th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.358126th | 0.487130th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.85399th | 0.92776th | -23 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.032130th | 0.273103rd | -27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.358125th | 0.467117th | -8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73828th | 1.664103rd | +75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.363137th | 0.522127th | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35841st | 0.31096th | +55 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07477th | 3.395129th | +52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.208110th | 0.15829th | -81 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300138th | 0.889131st | -7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.810135th | 4.037114th | -21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.183125th | 0.18295th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09178th | 0.10785th | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.091136th | 0.075102nd | -34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10097th | — | — |
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.