The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces WYO | 5.3% 7672nd | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| WYO pass rush | 2.3% 87121st | 7.1% 198105th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 2.5% ~0.8 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.
WYO with the ball
| WYO offence vs NDSU defence | WYO offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15671st | -0.1565th | -66 |
| success rate | 0.46152nd | 0.39268th | +16 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.088128th | 1.0249th | -119 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14861st | -0.2317th | -54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46555th | 0.39867th | +12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795116th | 0.70514th | -102 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.16191st | -0.03023rd | -68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44070th | 0.39067th | -3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.330124th | 1.43840th | -84 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50358th | 0.488100th | +42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36538th | 0.1844th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.55615th | 2.64651st | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14039th | 0.18048th | +9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 1.0002nd | 0.71468th | +66 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.958122nd | 1.7224th | -118 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15486th | 0.183101st | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09179th | 0.10477th | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06291st | 0.079112th | +21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10078th | — | — |
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs WYO defence | NDSU offence | WYO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.12395th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.443109th | +2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.09123rd | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.133110th | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.462115th | -16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.85041st | +16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.19885th | +47 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.42595th | +57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.44748th | +28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.503114th | +11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.28880th | -21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 3.263119th | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.14521st | -73 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.923134th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 2.95745th | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.13026th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.07633rd | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.05346th | -8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
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.