The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| GASO pass rush | 2.4% 83118th | 10.9% 18325th | faces MRSH | 2.6% 7817th | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| MRSH pass rush | 1.9% 105125th | 5.4% 205132nd | faces GASO | 4.8% 12664th | 3.3% ~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.
MRSH with the ball
| MRSH offence vs GASO defence | MRSH offence | GASO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.08899th | 0.08681st | -18 |
| success rate | 0.41893rd | 0.37354th | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21276th | 1.17548th | -28 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.086130th | -0.00159th | -71 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41794th | 0.37550th | -44 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851101st | 0.79527th | -74 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36543rd | 0.283108th | +65 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42581st | 0.39168th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64748th | 1.56877th | +29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50061st | 0.41138th | -23 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244117th | 0.29988th | -29 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.00286th | 2.54536th | -50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.216119th | 0.250121st | +2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68499th | 0.66747th | -52 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552128th | 3.66792nd | -36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168105th | 0.188109th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119124th | 0.133117th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04960th | 0.05552nd | -8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30027th | — | — |
GASO with the ball
| GASO offence vs MRSH defence | GASO offence | MRSH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10391st | 0.332137th | +46 |
| success rate | 0.41892nd | 0.472130th | +38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17197th | 1.322105th | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.020109th | 0.11299th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44080th | 0.472123rd | +43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.767122nd | 0.80229th | -93 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19782nd | 0.533138th | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40595th | 0.471120th | +25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.450100th | 1.819123rd | +23 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.457102nd | 0.544135th | +33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32661st | 0.28981st | +20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.08073rd | 3.276122nd | +49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13835th | 0.15227th | -8 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75065th | 0.812110th | +45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76276th | 4.174118th | +42 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179121st | 0.11912th | -109 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.105107th | 0.06710th | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074117th | 0.05243rd | -74 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0008th | — | — |
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.