The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces APP | 2.7% 11219th | 4.3% ~1.4 sacks |
| APP pass rush | 2.8% 107112th | 10.6% 20834th | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 3.4% ~1.1 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.
APP with the ball
| APP offence vs USA defence | APP offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23844th | 0.279132nd | +88 |
| success rate | 0.45555th | 0.486134th | +79 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31234th | 1.460133rd | +99 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04893rd | 0.349138th | +45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.388112th | 0.505134th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.07626th | 1.380137th | +111 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47519th | 0.21089th | +70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52417th | 0.462113th | +96 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46493rd | 1.56576th | -17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459100th | 0.532131st | +31 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4475th | 0.367127th | +122 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.577128th | 3.230118th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239129th | 0.17442nd | -87 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667101st | 0.60025th | -76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.69481st | 4.077116th | +35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12238th | 0.17993rd | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08051st | 0.11599th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04238th | 0.06481st | +43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.90081st | — | — |
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs APP defence | USA offence | APP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | 0.08078th | +15 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.42392nd | +1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.13234th | -4 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | 0.05179th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.43091st | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 0.84338th | +9 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.13272nd | -5 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.41684th | -1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.39731st | -19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.510118th | +7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.21217th | -28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 2.62045th | -17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.227107th | +91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.842119th | +75 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 3.72795th | +47 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.17684th | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.10783rd | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.07095th | +15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
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.