The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ARST pass rush | 2.9% 70110th | 7.2% 193101st | faces GAST | 2.1% 9513th | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| GAST pass rush | 6.0% 10048th | 9.2% 18457th | 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.
GAST with the ball
| GAST offence vs ARST defence | GAST offence | ARST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25139th | 0.161111th | +72 |
| success rate | 0.47939th | 0.453120th | +81 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29643rd | 1.24480th | +37 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18443rd | 0.02568th | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44477th | 0.463116th | +39 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01950th | 0.89060th | +10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38933rd | 0.462133rd | +100 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52021st | 0.455110th | +89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56067th | 1.804121st | +54 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49172nd | 0.500112th | +40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4446th | 0.329110th | +104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30140th | 3.389126th | +86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17682nd | 0.13616th | -66 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632114th | 0.76289th | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34544th | 3.47676th | +32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10518th | 0.12516th | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05213th | 0.07016th | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05264th | 0.05551st | -13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70086th | — | — |
ARST with the ball
| ARST offence vs GAST defence | ARST offence | GAST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15272nd | 0.02466th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.48534th | 0.38059th | +25 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.147109th | 1.29494th | -15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23729th | 0.174121st | +92 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50422nd | 0.40974th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96272nd | 1.187132nd | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124102nd | -0.05718th | -84 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47248th | 0.36540th | -8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.402113th | 1.38328th | -85 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55523rd | 0.44970th | +47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29090th | 0.25646th | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37130th | 3.091107th | +77 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14642nd | 0.20987th | +45 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73974th | 1.000138th | +64 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43596th | 3.22759th | -37 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14067th | 0.17888th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07236th | 0.116101st | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.068106th | 0.06269th | -37 |
| 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.