The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 13.0% ~4.3 sacks |
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 2.0% ~0.7 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.
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs NDSU defence | UTEP offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | -0.1565th | -133 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.39268th | -56 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.0249th | -118 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | -0.2317th | -129 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.39867th | -61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 0.70514th | -81 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | -0.03023rd | -108 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.39067th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.43840th | -78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.488100th | -15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.1844th | -131 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 2.64651st | -82 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.18048th | -83 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.71468th | -67 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 1.7224th | -132 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.183101st | -36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.10477th | -60 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.079112th | +64 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs UTEP defence | NDSU offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.252130th | +60 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.472131st | +24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.20963rd | +48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.136112th | +13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.439104th | -27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.92271st | +46 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.512137th | +99 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.528138th | +100 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.57178th | +58 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.508116th | +13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.369129th | +28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 2.96991st | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.223105th | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.66752nd | -45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 4.500128th | +68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.12617th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.09459th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.0314th | -50 |
| 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.