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Final null 7 – 52 WKU
Saturday 2026-09-26 19:00 · Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
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Pass rushsack ratestopped behind the linefacessacks allowedpairing
WKU pass rush3.0% 67106th7.8% 17990thfaces ——
pass rush——faces WKU3.7% 10944th—

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.

null with the ball

offence vs WKU defence offenceWKU defencerank gap

WKU with the ball

WKU offence vs defenceWKU offence defencerank gap
points added per play0.006121st——
success rate0.375121st——
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.26156th——
rush: points added per play-0.105133rd——
rush: success rate0.406100th——
rush: explosiveness0.720128th——
pass: points added per play0.125101st——
pass: success rate0.359124th——
pass: explosiveness1.85613th——
standard downs: success rate0.433122nd——
passing downs: success rate0.276100th——
line yards per rush (the O-line)2.695120th——
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.239130th——
short-yardage conversion rate0.71492nd——
points per trip inside the 403.66783rd——
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.15485th——
havoc allowed by the front seven0.119125th——
havoc allowed by the secondary0.03521st——
average starting field position (yards from own goal)70.50070th——

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.