The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces SJSU | 5.1% 11768th | 4.0% ~1.3 sacks |
| SJSU pass rush | 2.7% 111114th | 7.5% 21294th | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 2.8% ~0.9 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.
SJSU with the ball
| SJSU offence vs USC defence | SJSU offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082100th | 0.191119th | +19 |
| success rate | 0.396111th | 0.42291st | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22469th | 1.363113th | +44 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.014118th | 0.08089th | -29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.364124th | 0.40069th | -55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96471st | 0.96184th | +13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.24071st | 0.424127th | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42978th | 0.462114th | +36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447102nd | 1.724115th | +13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46298th | 0.44667th | -31 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.273103rd | 0.374131st | +28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18261st | 2.58741st | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18691st | 0.19368th | -23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571124th | 0.76294th | -30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.360104th | 4.179119th | +15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15282nd | 0.1169th | -73 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08565th | 0.07530th | -35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067104th | 0.04121st | -83 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30045th | — | — |
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs SJSU defence | USC offence | SJSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | 0.06675th | +56 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.436104th | +99 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.07019th | -72 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | 0.10696th | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.476126th | +90 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.87654th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | 0.13171st | +61 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.41889th | +85 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.2788th | -78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.510120th | +98 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.27057th | +54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 2.93186th | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.16937th | -35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.833115th | +72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 3.43374th | +43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.13634th | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.07018th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.06688th | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
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.