The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SAC pass rush | 1.8% 111127th | 7.9% 24188th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 2.3% ~0.8 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces SAC | 3.6% 16640th | 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.
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs SAC defence | NDSU offence | SAC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.12597th | +27 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.36040th | -67 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.417128th | +113 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | -0.03743rd | -56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.32322nd | -109 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 1.113121st | +96 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.341119th | +81 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.41482nd | +44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.674105th | +85 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.43658th | -45 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.20814th | -87 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 2.91283rd | -24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.18049th | -45 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.5009th | -88 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.821100th | +40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.12215th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.08953rd | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.0337th | -47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
SAC with the ball
| SAC offence vs NDSU defence | SAC offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.061131st | -0.1565th | -126 |
| success rate | 0.41895th | 0.39268th | -27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.005136th | 1.0249th | -127 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.089131st | -0.2317th | -124 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47641st | 0.39867th | +26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.705131st | 0.70514th | -117 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.002123rd | -0.03023rd | -100 |
| pass: success rate | 0.387103rd | 0.39067th | -36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274132nd | 1.43840th | -92 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49664th | 0.488100th | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228126th | 0.1844th | -122 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.691121st | 2.64651st | -70 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252135th | 0.18048th | -87 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75070th | 0.71468th | -2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552129th | 1.7224th | -125 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169108th | 0.183101st | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08358th | 0.10477th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.086132nd | 0.079112th | -20 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10062nd | — | — |
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.