The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces DEL | 10.0% 100128th | 6.5% ~2.1 sacks |
| DEL pass rush | 9.1% 11019th | 10.0% 21043rd | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 6.4% ~2.1 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.
DEL with the ball
| DEL offence vs WKU defence | DEL offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.036114th | 0.303134th | +20 |
| success rate | 0.389116th | 0.446114th | -2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26753rd | 1.460134th | +81 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04697th | 0.341137th | +40 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43583rd | 0.464121st | +38 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.780119th | 1.232134th | +15 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15792nd | 0.24295th | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.369116th | 0.429100th | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73529th | 1.727116th | +87 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47984th | 0.495108th | +24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.226128th | 0.329112th | -16 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.717118th | 3.504136th | +18 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209112th | 0.14520th | -92 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.647110th | 0.850123rd | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60089th | 4.962131st | +42 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.214136th | 0.12823rd | -113 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111113th | 0.07427th | -86 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.103137th | 0.05450th | -87 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40052nd | — | — |
WKU with the ball
| WKU offence vs DEL defence | WKU offence | DEL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | 0.08079th | -42 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.38865th | -56 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.312100th | +44 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | -0.06036th | -97 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.37852nd | -48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 0.84339th | -89 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | 0.274104th | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.41481st | -43 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.64297th | +84 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.45575th | -47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.26251st | -49 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 2.90379th | -41 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.15025th | -105 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.833114th | +22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 2.80034th | -49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.184104th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.10989th | -36 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.075103rd | +82 |
| 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.