The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces SJSU | 5.1% 11768th | 3.2% ~1.0 sacks |
| SJSU pass rush | 2.7% 111114th | 7.5% 21294th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 11.9% ~3.9 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 UTEP defence | SJSU offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082100th | 0.252130th | +30 |
| success rate | 0.396111th | 0.472131st | +20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22469th | 1.20963rd | -6 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.014118th | 0.136112th | -6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.364124th | 0.439104th | -20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96471st | 0.92271st | 0 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.24071st | 0.512137th | +66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42978th | 0.528138th | +60 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447102nd | 1.57178th | -24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46298th | 0.508116th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.273103rd | 0.369129th | +26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18261st | 2.96991st | +30 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18691st | 0.223105th | +14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571124th | 0.66752nd | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.360104th | 4.500128th | +24 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15282nd | 0.12617th | -65 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08565th | 0.09459th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067104th | 0.0314th | -100 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30045th | — | — |
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs SJSU defence | UTEP offence | SJSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | 0.06675th | -63 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.436104th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.07019th | -108 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | 0.10696th | -40 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.476126th | -2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 0.87654th | -41 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | 0.13171st | -60 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.41889th | -8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.2788th | -110 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.510120th | +5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.27057th | -78 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 2.93186th | -47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.16937th | -94 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.833115th | -20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 3.43374th | -62 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.13634th | -103 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.07018th | -119 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.06688th | +40 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
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.