The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UL pass rush | 4.4% 9181st | 9.5% 16952nd | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 4.2% ~1.4 sacks |
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces UL | 6.7% 7592nd | 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 UL defence | USA offence | UL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | -0.1663rd | -60 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.39773rd | -18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 0.9845th | -33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | -0.3052nd | -45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.41882nd | -8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 0.5047th | -22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.12768th | -9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.40876th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.42935th | -15 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.44971st | -40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.28069th | +24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 2.65153rd | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.245118th | +102 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.4626th | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 4.455126th | +78 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.18296th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.116102nd | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.06686th | +6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
UL with the ball
| UL offence vs USA defence | UL offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13278th | 0.279132nd | +54 |
| success rate | 0.42585th | 0.486134th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17595th | 1.460133rd | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15455th | 0.349138th | +83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42192nd | 0.505134th | +42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12319th | 1.380137th | +118 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25668th | 0.21089th | +21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45158th | 0.462113th | +55 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.257135th | 1.56576th | -59 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47588th | 0.532131st | +43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32662nd | 0.367127th | +65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05978th | 3.230118th | +40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18389th | 0.17442nd | -47 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75066th | 0.60025th | -41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.79375th | 4.077116th | +41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15080th | 0.17993rd | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.117122nd | 0.11599th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03317th | 0.06481st | +64 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.900125th | — | — |
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.