The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 4.2% ~1.4 sacks |
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 4.2% ~1.4 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.
WKU with the ball
| WKU offence vs NEV defence | WKU offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | 0.149100th | -21 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.42190th | -31 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.12031st | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | 0.125108th | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.438103rd | +3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 0.87452nd | -76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | 0.271102nd | +1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.42293rd | -31 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.53564th | +51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.47489th | -33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.30591st | -9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 3.272120th | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.14622nd | -108 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.62533rd | -59 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 3.24061st | -22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.1127th | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.0636th | -119 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.04939th | +18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50070th | — | — |
NEV with the ball
| NEV offence vs WKU defence | NEV offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | 0.303134th | +38 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.446114th | +15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.460134th | +90 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | 0.341137th | +102 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.464121st | +90 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 1.232134th | +111 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | 0.24295th | -33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.429100th | -33 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.727116th | +81 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.495108th | +13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.329112th | +36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 3.504136th | +84 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.14520th | -80 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.850123rd | +11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 4.962131st | +69 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.12823rd | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.07427th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.05450th | -24 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
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.