The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces WMU | 5.4% 7475th | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| WMU pass rush | 3.0% 66105th | 5.8% 174128th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 6.1% ~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.
WMU with the ball
| WMU offence vs CMU defence | WMU offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09397th | 0.166114th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.400108th | 0.473132nd | +24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.16799th | 1.11829th | -70 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14763rd | 0.118104th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41397th | 0.496133rd | +36 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97964th | 0.86243rd | -21 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.006126th | 0.15375th | -51 |
| pass: success rate | 0.380111th | 0.434102nd | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.426106th | 1.32917th | -89 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.450108th | 0.522126th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30675th | 0.366126th | +51 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.870101st | 3.534137th | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16767th | 0.13514th | -53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73778th | 0.933136th | +58 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36442nd | 3.39370th | +28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13149th | 0.14442nd | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09486th | 0.06814th | -72 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03723rd | 0.076107th | +84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.60092nd | — | — |
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs WMU defence | CMU offence | WMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.09986th | -37 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.465125th | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.02510th | -77 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.02266th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.450108th | +6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 0.72018th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.17381st | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.464115th | -23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.44042nd | -65 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.47791st | -40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.432137th | +25 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 3.051103rd | +40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.17241st | +19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.72070th | +45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 3.65089th | -30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.1084th | -90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.0563rd | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.05245th | -54 |
| 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.