The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces SAC | 3.6% 16640th | 3.5% ~1.1 sacks |
| SAC pass rush | 1.8% 111127th | 7.9% 24188th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 3.1% ~1.0 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.
SAC with the ball
| SAC offence vs BALL defence | SAC offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.061131st | 0.325136th | +5 |
| success rate | 0.41895th | 0.452118th | +23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.005136th | 1.455132nd | -4 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.089131st | 0.256133rd | +2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47641st | 0.42083rd | +42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.705131st | 1.352136th | +5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.002123rd | 0.455131st | +8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.387103rd | 0.500129th | +26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274132nd | 1.55672nd | -60 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49664th | 0.495105th | +41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228126th | 0.354123rd | -3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.691121st | 3.01094th | -27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252135th | 0.18859th | -76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75070th | 0.77898th | +28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552129th | 5.042133rd | +4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169108th | 0.11911th | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08358th | 0.07425th | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.086132nd | 0.04427th | -105 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10062nd | — | — |
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs SAC defence | BALL offence | SAC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | 0.12597th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.36040th | -93 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.417128th | +114 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | -0.03743rd | -40 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.32322nd | -105 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 1.113121st | +108 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | 0.341119th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.41482nd | -46 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.674105th | +48 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.43658th | -75 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.20814th | -101 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 2.91283rd | -49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.18049th | -69 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.5009th | +2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 3.821100th | +13 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.12215th | -117 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.08953rd | -81 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.0337th | -77 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70034th | — | — |
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.