The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 6.3% ~2.1 sacks |
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 4.4% ~1.5 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.
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs BALL defence | CMU offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.325136th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.452118th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.455132nd | +45 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.256133rd | +65 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.42083rd | -19 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 1.352136th | +114 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.455131st | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.500129th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.55672nd | -35 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.495105th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.354123rd | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 3.01094th | +31 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.18859th | +37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.77898th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 5.042133rd | +14 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.11911th | -83 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.07425th | -62 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.04427th | -72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40051st | — | — |
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs CMU defence | BALL offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | 0.166114th | +4 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.473132nd | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.11829th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | 0.118104th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.496133rd | +6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 0.86243rd | +30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | 0.15375th | -34 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.434102nd | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.32917th | -40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.522126th | -7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.366126th | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 3.534137th | +5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.13514th | -104 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.933136th | +129 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 3.39370th | -17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.14442nd | -90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.06814th | -120 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.076107th | +23 |
| 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.