The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OHIO pass rush | 2.5% 80117th | 8.9% 21364th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces OHIO | 7.7% 91106th | 6.0% ~2.0 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.
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs OHIO defence | CMU offence | OHIO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.276131st | +8 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.432100th | -29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.381121st | +34 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.147115th | +47 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.40571st | -31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 1.088118th | +96 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.490135th | -2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.480123rd | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.774118th | +11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.44060th | -71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.413134th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 2.83367th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.20988th | +66 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.76291st | +66 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 5.350138th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.15863rd | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.11293rd | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.04633rd | -66 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40051st | — | — |
OHIO with the ball
| OHIO offence vs CMU defence | OHIO offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22353rd | 0.166114th | +61 |
| success rate | 0.44269th | 0.473132nd | +63 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25757th | 1.11829th | -28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28616th | 0.118104th | +88 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46357th | 0.496133rd | +76 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05336th | 0.86243rd | +7 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.104107th | 0.15375th | -32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.396100th | 0.434102nd | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.55569th | 1.32917th | -52 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51647th | 0.522126th | +79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272104th | 0.366126th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.56614th | 3.534137th | +123 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.1018th | 0.13514th | +6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86412th | 0.933136th | +124 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.28051st | 3.39370th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13763rd | 0.14442nd | -21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07031st | 0.06814th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067103rd | 0.076107th | +4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70088th | — | — |
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.