The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| APP pass rush | 2.8% 107112th | 10.6% 20834th | faces GAST | 2.1% 9513th | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| GAST pass rush | 6.0% 10048th | 9.2% 18457th | faces APP | 2.7% 11219th | 4.3% ~1.4 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.
GAST with the ball
| GAST offence vs APP defence | GAST offence | APP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25139th | 0.08078th | +39 |
| success rate | 0.47939th | 0.42392nd | +53 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29643rd | 1.13234th | -9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18443rd | 0.05179th | +36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44477th | 0.43091st | +14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01950th | 0.84338th | -12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38933rd | 0.13272nd | +39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52021st | 0.41684th | +63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56067th | 1.39731st | -36 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49172nd | 0.510118th | +46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4446th | 0.21217th | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30140th | 2.62045th | +5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17682nd | 0.227107th | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632114th | 0.842119th | +5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34544th | 3.72795th | +51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10518th | 0.17684th | +66 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05213th | 0.10783rd | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05264th | 0.07095th | +31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70086th | — | — |
APP with the ball
| APP offence vs GAST defence | APP offence | GAST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23844th | 0.02466th | +22 |
| success rate | 0.45555th | 0.38059th | +4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31234th | 1.29494th | +60 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04893rd | 0.174121st | +28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.388112th | 0.40974th | -38 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.07626th | 1.187132nd | +106 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47519th | -0.05718th | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52417th | 0.36540th | +23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46493rd | 1.38328th | -65 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459100th | 0.44970th | -30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4475th | 0.25646th | +41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.577128th | 3.091107th | -21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239129th | 0.20987th | -42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667101st | 1.000138th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.69481st | 3.22759th | -22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12238th | 0.17888th | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08051st | 0.116101st | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04238th | 0.06269th | +31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.90081st | — | — |
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.