The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WMU pass rush | 3.0% 66105th | 5.8% 174128th | faces EMU | 4.3% 14154th | 3.6% ~1.2 sacks |
| EMU pass rush | 2.0% 149123rd | 7.1% 269106th | faces WMU | 5.4% 7475th | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
EMU with the ball
| EMU offence vs WMU defence | EMU offence | WMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.016124th | 0.09986th | -38 |
| success rate | 0.371122nd | 0.465125th | +3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143110th | 1.02510th | -100 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.036102nd | 0.02266th | -36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394109th | 0.450108th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95674th | 0.72018th | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.058112th | 0.17381st | -31 |
| pass: success rate | 0.362121st | 0.464115th | -6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.310126th | 1.44042nd | -84 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.436121st | 0.47791st | -30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.236123rd | 0.432137th | +14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.89598th | 3.051103rd | +5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16868th | 0.17241st | -27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80037th | 0.72070th | +33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.179114th | 3.65089th | -25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.172112th | 0.1084th | -108 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09894th | 0.0563rd | -91 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074116th | 0.05245th | -71 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.80010th | — | — |
WMU with the ball
| WMU offence vs EMU defence | WMU offence | EMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09397th | 0.11290th | -7 |
| success rate | 0.400108th | 0.41084th | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.16799th | 1.25384th | -15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14763rd | 0.06482nd | +19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41397th | 0.40672nd | -25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97964th | 1.040105th | +41 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.006126th | 0.20487th | -39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.380111th | 0.42696th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.426106th | 1.45550th | -56 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.450108th | 0.48496th | -12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30675th | 0.26555th | -20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.870101st | 2.97092nd | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16767th | 0.18755th | -12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73778th | 0.69657th | -21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36442nd | 3.40672nd | +30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13149th | 0.17991st | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09486th | 0.09561st | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03723rd | 0.084122nd | +99 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.60092nd | — | — |
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.