The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces OHIO | 7.7% 91106th | 6.8% ~2.2 sacks |
| OHIO pass rush | 2.5% 80117th | 8.9% 21364th | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 3.3% ~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.
OHIO with the ball
| OHIO offence vs USA defence | OHIO offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22353rd | 0.279132nd | +79 |
| success rate | 0.44269th | 0.486134th | +65 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25757th | 1.460133rd | +76 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28616th | 0.349138th | +122 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46357th | 0.505134th | +77 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05336th | 1.380137th | +101 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.104107th | 0.21089th | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.396100th | 0.462113th | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.55569th | 1.56576th | +7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51647th | 0.532131st | +84 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272104th | 0.367127th | +23 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.56614th | 3.230118th | +104 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.1018th | 0.17442nd | +34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86412th | 0.60025th | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.28051st | 4.077116th | +65 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13763rd | 0.17993rd | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07031st | 0.11599th | +68 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067103rd | 0.06481st | -22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70088th | — | — |
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs OHIO defence | USA offence | OHIO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | 0.276131st | +68 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.432100th | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.381121st | +83 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | 0.147115th | +68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.40571st | -19 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 1.088118th | +89 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.490135th | +58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.480123rd | +38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.774118th | +68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.44060th | -51 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.413134th | +89 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 2.83367th | +5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.20988th | +72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.76291st | +47 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 5.350138th | +90 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.15863rd | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.11293rd | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.04633rd | -47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
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.