The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| OHIO pass rush | 2.5% 80117th | 8.9% 21364th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 3.5% ~1.2 sacks |
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces OHIO | 7.7% 91106th | 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.
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs OHIO defence | BALL offence | OHIO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | 0.276131st | +21 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.432100th | -33 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.381121st | +107 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | 0.147115th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.40571st | -56 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 1.088118th | +105 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | 0.490135th | +26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.480123rd | -5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.774118th | +61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.44060th | -73 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.413134th | +19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 2.83367th | -65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.20988th | -30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.76291st | +84 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 5.350138th | +51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.15863rd | -69 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.11293rd | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.04633rd | -51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70034th | — | — |
OHIO with the ball
| OHIO offence vs BALL defence | OHIO offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22353rd | 0.325136th | +83 |
| success rate | 0.44269th | 0.452118th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25757th | 1.455132nd | +75 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28616th | 0.256133rd | +117 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46357th | 0.42083rd | +26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05336th | 1.352136th | +100 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.104107th | 0.455131st | +24 |
| pass: success rate | 0.396100th | 0.500129th | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.55569th | 1.55672nd | +3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51647th | 0.495105th | +58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272104th | 0.354123rd | +19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.56614th | 3.01094th | +80 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.1018th | 0.18859th | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86412th | 0.77898th | +86 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.28051st | 5.042133rd | +82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13763rd | 0.11911th | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07031st | 0.07425th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067103rd | 0.04427th | -76 |
| 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.