The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USU pass rush | 2.3% 131122nd | 7.0% 228108th | faces WSU | 9.6% 94124th | 5.9% ~2.0 sacks |
| WSU pass rush | 2.8% 106111th | 6.2% 209121st | 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.
WSU with the ball
| WSU offence vs USU defence | WSU offence | USU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.037128th | 0.02162nd | -66 |
| success rate | 0.365125th | 0.40579th | -46 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26554th | 1.13335th | -19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.008112th | 0.00862nd | -50 |
| rush: success rate | 0.355129th | 0.40873rd | -56 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2009th | 1.00693rd | +84 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.045132nd | 0.04443rd | -89 |
| pass: success rate | 0.383110th | 0.40473rd | -37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.333123rd | 1.2215th | -118 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.431125th | 0.46079th | -46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.238121st | 0.29283rd | -38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.759116th | 2.60243rd | -73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234127th | 0.21697th | -30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.600121st | 0.73780th | -41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.235111th | 3.03753rd | -58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.205135th | 0.13532nd | -103 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.127129th | 0.07121st | -108 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.078123rd | 0.06482nd | -41 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80021st | — | — |
USU with the ball
| USU offence vs WSU defence | USU offence | WSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.071132nd | 0.02365th | -67 |
| success rate | 0.361128th | 0.40580th | -48 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31532nd | 1.25283rd | +51 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.103132nd | 0.10595th | -37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.358126th | 0.43397th | -29 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.85399th | 0.97490th | -9 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.032130th | 0.08659th | -71 |
| pass: success rate | 0.358125th | 0.38662nd | -63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73828th | 1.62495th | +67 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.363137th | 0.46483rd | -54 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35841st | 0.28475th | +34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07477th | 2.95589th | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.208110th | 0.17946th | -64 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300138th | 0.786104th | -34 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.810135th | 3.03652nd | -83 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.183125th | 0.12618th | -107 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09178th | 0.07426th | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.091136th | 0.05244th | -92 |
| 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.