The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SHSU pass rush | 7.4% 9430th | 11.4% 20222nd | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces SHSU | 7.1% 12698th | 5.1% ~1.7 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 SHSU defence | WKU offence | SHSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | 0.06574th | -47 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.38866th | -55 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.25986th | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | 0.204128th | -5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.43499th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 1.157127th | -1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | -0.05817th | -84 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.33017th | -107 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.39630th | +17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.44565th | -57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.27866th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 3.075104th | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.20380th | -50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.73779th | -13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 2.87540th | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.224132nd | +47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.125114th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.099132nd | +111 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50070th | — | — |
SHSU with the ball
| SHSU offence vs WKU defence | SHSU offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10293rd | 0.303134th | +41 |
| success rate | 0.43971st | 0.446114th | +43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28346th | 1.460134th | +88 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.040100th | 0.341137th | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47445th | 0.464121st | +76 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824108th | 1.232134th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20480th | 0.24295th | +15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43473rd | 0.429100th | +27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64249th | 1.727116th | +67 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47787th | 0.495108th | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35347th | 0.329112th | +65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.799112th | 3.504136th | +24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211115th | 0.14520th | -95 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.611120th | 0.850123rd | +3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.45895th | 4.962131st | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.175116th | 0.12823rd | -93 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111116th | 0.07427th | -89 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06496th | 0.05450th | -46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10031st | — | — |
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.