The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RICE pass rush | 1.1% 88136th | 7.8% 19391st | faces TLSA | 6.4% 9489th | 3.8% ~1.2 sacks |
| TLSA pass rush | 5.5% 12759th | 8.0% 22684th | faces RICE | 6.0% 5088th | 5.8% ~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.
TLSA with the ball
| TLSA offence vs RICE defence | TLSA offence | RICE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11788th | 0.13798th | +10 |
| success rate | 0.405101st | 0.42997th | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.142113th | 1.28992nd | -21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22732nd | 0.152117th | +85 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44771st | 0.42688th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03542nd | 1.141126th | +84 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.011121st | 0.15074th | -47 |
| pass: success rate | 0.361122nd | 0.442105th | -17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.344122nd | 1.49759th | -63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53239th | 0.489101st | +62 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.151138th | 0.31097th | -41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29542nd | 2.76661st | +19 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12117th | 0.18452nd | +35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.9295th | 0.64740th | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000120th | 4.280122nd | +2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14069th | 0.14644th | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07033rd | 0.10786th | +53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.070111th | 0.03814th | -97 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50069th | — | — |
RICE with the ball
| RICE offence vs TLSA defence | RICE offence | TLSA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.069102nd | -0.07025th | -77 |
| success rate | 0.44761st | 0.38663rd | +2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118121st | 1.03511th | -110 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12770th | -0.11824th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48933rd | 0.41581st | +48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98662nd | 0.6099th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.059133rd | 0.06647th | -86 |
| pass: success rate | 0.333130th | 0.36744th | -86 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64847th | 1.44345th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52741st | 0.42852nd | +11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.239120th | 0.30593rd | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.35333rd | 2.83868th | +35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13228th | 0.19266th | +38 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80039th | 0.61931st | -8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.83374th | 2.30413th | -61 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13764th | 0.14745th | -19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.110111th | 0.08242nd | -69 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0279th | 0.06585th | +76 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 76.4002nd | — | — |
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.