The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 3.9% ~1.3 sacks |
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 3.1% ~1.0 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.
WKU with the ball
| WKU offence vs NMSU defence | WKU offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | 0.158108th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.42394th | -27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.23071st | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | 0.150116th | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.42587th | -13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 1.01495th | -33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | 0.19986th | -15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.42191st | -33 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.46951st | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.47790th | -32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.315100th | 0 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 3.156109th | -11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.18756th | -74 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.889133rd | +41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 4.346124th | +41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.12114th | -71 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.07935th | -90 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.04222nd | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50070th | — | — |
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs WKU defence | NMSU offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | 0.303134th | +51 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.446114th | +41 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.460134th | +117 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | 0.341137th | +43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.464121st | +55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 1.232134th | +75 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.24295th | +33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.429100th | +31 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.727116th | +95 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.495108th | +17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.329112th | +72 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 3.504136th | +54 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.14520th | -49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.850123rd | +23 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 4.962131st | +54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.12823rd | -94 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.07427th | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.05450th | -81 |
| 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.