The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| FIU pass rush | 4.9% 10275th | 10.0% 19042nd | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 4.1% ~1.3 sacks |
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces FIU | 1.5% 1337th | 2.9% ~0.9 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.
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs FIU defence | NMSU offence | FIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | -0.00447th | -36 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.33720th | -53 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.15945th | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | -0.05837th | -57 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.30311th | -55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 0.89663rd | +4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.04845th | -17 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.36336th | -33 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.36122nd | +1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.40333rd | -58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.23231st | -9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 2.23110th | -72 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.218100th | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.66746th | -54 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.76232nd | -45 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.17785th | -32 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.120108th | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.05655th | -76 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
FIU with the ball
| FIU offence vs NMSU defence | FIU offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.009119th | 0.158108th | -11 |
| success rate | 0.391114th | 0.42394th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20779th | 1.23071st | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.079128th | 0.150116th | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.346132nd | 0.42587th | -45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.600135th | 1.01495th | -40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.123104th | 0.19986th | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44467th | 0.42191st | +24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59459th | 1.46951st | -8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.441116th | 0.47790th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30280th | 0.315100th | +20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826106th | 3.156109th | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18086th | 0.18756th | -30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78945th | 0.889133rd | +88 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.500130th | 4.346124th | -6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15383rd | 0.12114th | -69 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07545th | 0.07935th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.078122nd | 0.04222nd | -100 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30054th | — | — |
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.