The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces SAC | 3.6% 16640th | 4.0% ~1.3 sacks |
| SAC pass rush | 1.8% 111127th | 7.9% 24188th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 5.5% ~1.8 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 CMU defence | SAC offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.061131st | 0.166114th | -17 |
| success rate | 0.41895th | 0.473132nd | +37 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.005136th | 1.11829th | -107 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.089131st | 0.118104th | -27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47641st | 0.496133rd | +92 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.705131st | 0.86243rd | -88 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.002123rd | 0.15375th | -48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.387103rd | 0.434102nd | -1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274132nd | 1.32917th | -115 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49664th | 0.522126th | +62 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228126th | 0.366126th | 0 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.691121st | 3.534137th | +16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252135th | 0.13514th | -121 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75070th | 0.933136th | +66 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552129th | 3.39370th | -59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169108th | 0.14442nd | -66 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08358th | 0.06814th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.086132nd | 0.076107th | -25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10062nd | — | — |
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs SAC defence | CMU offence | SAC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.12597th | -26 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.36040th | -89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.417128th | +41 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | -0.03743rd | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.32322nd | -80 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 1.113121st | +99 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.341119th | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.41482nd | -56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.674105th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.43658th | -73 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.20814th | -98 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 2.91283rd | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.18049th | +27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.5009th | -16 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 3.821100th | -19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.12215th | -79 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.08953rd | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.0337th | -92 |
| 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.