The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ARST pass rush | 2.9% 70110th | 7.2% 193101st | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 3.5% ~1.1 sacks |
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces ARST | 6.7% 9095th | 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.
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs ARST defence | USA offence | ARST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | 0.161111th | +48 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.453120th | +29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.24480th | +42 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | 0.02568th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.463116th | +26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 0.89060th | +31 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.462133rd | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.455110th | +25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.804121st | +71 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.500112th | +1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.329110th | +65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 3.389126th | +64 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.13616th | 0 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.76289th | +45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 3.47676th | +28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.12516th | -61 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.07016th | -56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.05551st | -29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
ARST with the ball
| ARST offence vs USA defence | ARST offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15272nd | 0.279132nd | +60 |
| success rate | 0.48534th | 0.486134th | +100 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.147109th | 1.460133rd | +24 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23729th | 0.349138th | +109 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50422nd | 0.505134th | +112 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96272nd | 1.380137th | +65 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124102nd | 0.21089th | -13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47248th | 0.462113th | +65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.402113th | 1.56576th | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55523rd | 0.532131st | +108 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29090th | 0.367127th | +37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37130th | 3.230118th | +88 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14642nd | 0.17442nd | 0 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73974th | 0.60025th | -49 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43596th | 4.077116th | +20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14067th | 0.17993rd | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07236th | 0.11599th | +63 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.068106th | 0.06481st | -25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70085th | — | — |
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.