The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces LIB | 5.5% 7376th | 4.8% ~1.6 sacks |
| LIB pass rush | 7.6% 7928th | 10.1% 16939th | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 5.4% ~1.8 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.
LIB with the ball
| LIB offence vs NMSU defence | LIB offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12482nd | 0.158108th | +26 |
| success rate | 0.46250th | 0.42394th | +44 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.131115th | 1.23071st | -44 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.001113th | 0.150116th | +3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47542nd | 0.42587th | +45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.689133rd | 1.01495th | -38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38136th | 0.19986th | +50 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44962nd | 0.42191st | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9218th | 1.46951st | +43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48775th | 0.47790th | +15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40017th | 0.315100th | +83 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.32436th | 3.156109th | +73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11310th | 0.18756th | +46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76261st | 0.889133rd | +72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.64384th | 4.346124th | +40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14778th | 0.12114th | -64 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09484th | 0.07935th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05368th | 0.04222nd | -46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200118th | — | — |
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs LIB defence | NMSU offence | LIB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | 0.03971st | -12 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.35537th | -36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.386123rd | +106 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | 0.147114th | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.39866th | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 1.084117th | +58 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.03941st | -21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.32216th | -53 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.804122nd | +101 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.39625th | -66 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.28677th | +37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 3.01997th | +15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.21189th | +20 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.72776th | -24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.85739th | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.188110th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.11090th | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.078110th | -21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
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.