The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces UNM | 14.1% 71134th | 9.1% ~3.0 sacks |
| UNM pass rush | 5.8% 8651st | 13.3% 17310th | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
UNM with the ball
| UNM offence vs NMSU defence | UNM offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16367th | 0.158108th | +41 |
| success rate | 0.41796th | 0.42394th | -2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23566th | 1.23071st | +5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26419th | 0.150116th | +97 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46259th | 0.42587th | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12618th | 1.01495th | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.021129th | 0.19986th | -43 |
| pass: success rate | 0.337129th | 0.42191st | -38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54271st | 1.46951st | -20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47390th | 0.47790th | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28794th | 0.315100th | +6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28544th | 3.156109th | +65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14038th | 0.18756th | +18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8898th | 0.889133rd | +125 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.27352nd | 4.346124th | +72 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11734th | 0.12114th | -20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08769th | 0.07935th | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03014th | 0.04222nd | +8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 59.600138th | — | — |
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs UNM defence | NMSU offence | UNM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | -0.1467th | -76 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.32113th | -60 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.374116th | +99 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | -0.14518th | -76 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.30713th | -53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 0.92674th | +15 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.08658th | -4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.35128th | -41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.828126th | +105 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.36812th | -79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.24736th | -4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 1.9173rd | -79 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.246119th | +50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.5008th | -92 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.58321st | -56 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.249137th | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.169133rd | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.080116th | -15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
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.