The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| EMU pass rush | 2.0% 149123rd | 7.1% 269106th | faces SAC | 3.6% 16640th | 2.8% ~0.9 sacks |
| SAC pass rush | 1.8% 111127th | 7.9% 24188th | faces EMU | 4.3% 14154th | 3.0% ~1.0 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.
SAC with the ball
| SAC offence vs EMU defence | SAC offence | EMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.061131st | 0.11290th | -41 |
| success rate | 0.41895th | 0.41084th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.005136th | 1.25384th | -52 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.089131st | 0.06482nd | -49 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47641st | 0.40672nd | +31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.705131st | 1.040105th | -26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.002123rd | 0.20487th | -36 |
| pass: success rate | 0.387103rd | 0.42696th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274132nd | 1.45550th | -82 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49664th | 0.48496th | +32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228126th | 0.26555th | -71 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.691121st | 2.97092nd | -29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252135th | 0.18755th | -80 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75070th | 0.69657th | -13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552129th | 3.40672nd | -57 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169108th | 0.17991st | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08358th | 0.09561st | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.086132nd | 0.084122nd | -10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10062nd | — | — |
EMU with the ball
| EMU offence vs SAC defence | EMU offence | SAC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.016124th | 0.12597th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.371122nd | 0.36040th | -82 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143110th | 1.417128th | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.036102nd | -0.03743rd | -59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394109th | 0.32322nd | -87 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95674th | 1.113121st | +47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.058112th | 0.341119th | +7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.362121st | 0.41482nd | -39 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.310126th | 1.674105th | -21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.436121st | 0.43658th | -63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.236123rd | 0.20814th | -109 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.89598th | 2.91283rd | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16868th | 0.18049th | -19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80037th | 0.5009th | -28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.179114th | 3.821100th | -14 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.172112th | 0.12215th | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09894th | 0.08953rd | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074116th | 0.0337th | -109 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.80010th | — | — |
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.