The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces M-OH | 4.0% 10148th | 4.1% ~1.4 sacks |
| M-OH pass rush | 3.3% 123103rd | 4.8% 209137th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
M-OH with the ball
| M-OH offence vs CMU defence | M-OH offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23943rd | 0.166114th | +71 |
| success rate | 0.43082nd | 0.473132nd | +50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42612th | 1.11829th | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.017111th | 0.118104th | -7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.389111th | 0.496133rd | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87792nd | 0.86243rd | -49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6196th | 0.15375th | +69 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48737th | 0.434102nd | +65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86711th | 1.32917th | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48874th | 0.522126th | +52 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30183rd | 0.366126th | +43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.871100th | 3.534137th | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212116th | 0.13514th | -102 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667104th | 0.933136th | +32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90970th | 3.39370th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14979th | 0.14442nd | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111115th | 0.06814th | -101 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03824th | 0.076107th | +83 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.00063rd | — | — |
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs M-OH defence | CMU offence | M-OH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.179116th | -7 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.450115th | -14 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.316102nd | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.06583rd | +15 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.42586th | -16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 0.98591st | +69 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.372123rd | -14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.483125th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.52962nd | -45 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.509117th | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.341116th | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 2.86069th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.21798th | +76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.778101st | +76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 4.700129th | +10 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.1042nd | -92 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.0659th | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.03813th | -86 |
| 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.