The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces AKR | 7.6% 105105th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| AKR pass rush | 0.0% 95138th | 5.2% 192134th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 4.6% ~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.
AKR with the ball
| AKR offence vs CMU defence | AKR offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.020117th | 0.166114th | -3 |
| success rate | 0.44366th | 0.473132nd | +66 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 0.981137th | 1.11829th | -108 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09979th | 0.118104th | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51319th | 0.496133rd | +114 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.709129th | 0.86243rd | -86 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.027117th | 0.15375th | -42 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41092nd | 0.434102nd | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.262134th | 1.32917th | -117 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50059th | 0.522126th | +67 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30874th | 0.366126th | +52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.61912th | 3.534137th | +125 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13023rd | 0.13514th | -9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81827th | 0.933136th | +109 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.95069th | 3.39370th | +1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.198131st | 0.14442nd | -89 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122126th | 0.06814th | -112 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076119th | 0.076107th | -12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.4004th | — | — |
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs AKR defence | CMU offence | AKR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.241129th | +6 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.43198th | -31 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.372115th | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.04576th | +8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.436101st | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 0.87855th | +33 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.494136th | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.41990th | -48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.910134th | +27 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.48294th | -37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.316102nd | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 2.89173rd | +10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.18857th | +35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.68855th | +30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 3.79299th | -20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.15050th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.08137th | -50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.06991st | -8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40051st | — | — |
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.