The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces WKU | 3.7% 10944th | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| WKU pass rush | 3.0% 67106th | 7.8% 17990th | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 3.8% ~1.3 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 MTSU defence | WKU offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.006121st | 0.10187th | -34 |
| success rate | 0.375121st | 0.452119th | -2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26156th | 1.12030th | -26 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.105133rd | 0.05078th | -55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.406100th | 0.463118th | +18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.720128th | 1.00894th | -34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.125101st | 0.18683rd | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359124th | 0.454109th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85613th | 1.30013th | 0 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.433122nd | 0.511121st | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.276100th | 0.27967th | -33 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.695120th | 3.093108th | -12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.239130th | 0.17643rd | -87 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71492nd | 0.72473rd | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66783rd | 2.66727th | -56 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15485th | 0.11710th | -75 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119125th | 0.07119th | -106 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03521st | 0.04632nd | +11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.50070th | — | — |
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs WKU defence | MTSU offence | WKU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | 0.303134th | +73 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.446114th | +28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.460134th | +36 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | 0.341137th | +87 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.464121st | +51 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 1.232134th | +45 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | 0.24295th | +23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.429100th | +12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.727116th | +12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.495108th | +43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.329112th | +13 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 3.504136th | +115 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.14520th | -11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.850123rd | +44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 4.962131st | +75 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.12823rd | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.07427th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.05450th | -39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70035th | — | — |
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.