The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces APP | 2.7% 11219th | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| APP pass rush | 2.8% 107112th | 10.6% 20834th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 3.4% ~1.1 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.
APP with the ball
| APP offence vs NCSU defence | APP offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23844th | 0.12093rd | +49 |
| success rate | 0.45555th | 0.39974th | +19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31234th | 1.25082nd | +48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04893rd | 0.06784th | -9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.388112th | 0.446106th | -6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.07626th | 0.96786th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47519th | 0.270101st | +82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52417th | 0.36642nd | +25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46493rd | 1.64399th | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459100th | 0.45677th | -23 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4475th | 0.26454th | +49 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.577128th | 2.82166th | -62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239129th | 0.19061st | -68 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667101st | 0.76290th | -11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.69481st | 3.59184th | +3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12238th | 0.15254th | +16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08051st | 0.07017th | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04238th | 0.082118th | +80 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.90081st | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs APP defence | NCSU offence | APP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | 0.08078th | +24 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.42392nd | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.13234th | -43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | 0.05179th | +43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.43091st | +61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.84338th | -3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.13272nd | +5 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.41684th | +45 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.39731st | -79 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.510118th | +88 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.21217th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.62045th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.227107th | +60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.842119th | +98 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 3.72795th | +70 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.17684th | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.10783rd | +1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.07095th | 0 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
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.