The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SAC pass rush | 1.8% 111127th | 7.9% 24188th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 3.4% ~1.1 sacks |
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces SAC | 3.6% 16640th | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs SAC defence | MASS offence | SAC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.12597th | +67 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.36040th | -19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.417128th | +63 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | -0.03743rd | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.32322nd | -17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 1.113121st | +74 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.341119th | +75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.41482nd | -12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.674105th | +66 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.43658th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.20814th | -67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 2.91283rd | +65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.18049th | +9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.5009th | -119 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 3.821100th | +28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.12215th | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.08953rd | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.0337th | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.000131st | — | — |
SAC with the ball
| SAC offence vs MASS defence | SAC offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.061131st | -0.13911th | -120 |
| success rate | 0.41895th | 0.36645th | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.005136th | 1.0206th | -130 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.089131st | -0.2774th | -127 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47641st | 0.35335th | -6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.705131st | 0.3161st | -130 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.002123rd | 0.04644th | -79 |
| pass: success rate | 0.387103rd | 0.38965th | -38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274132nd | 1.53163rd | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49664th | 0.42147th | -17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228126th | 0.26353rd | -73 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.691121st | 2.56738th | -83 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252135th | 0.218101st | -34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75070th | 0.70664th | -6 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552129th | 1.5001st | -128 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169108th | 0.16169th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08358th | 0.08850th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.086132nd | 0.073100th | -32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10062nd | — | — |
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.