The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces LT | 9.6% 73125th | 7.7% ~2.6 sacks |
| LT pass rush | 10.1% 6911th | 13.5% 1488th | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 7.1% ~2.3 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.
LT with the ball
| LT offence vs USA defence | LT offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.015118th | 0.279132nd | +14 |
| success rate | 0.337134th | 0.486134th | 0 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4437th | 1.460133rd | +126 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.077127th | 0.349138th | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.320137th | 0.505134th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12717th | 1.380137th | +120 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13996th | 0.21089th | -7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359123rd | 0.462113th | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79719th | 1.56576th | +57 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.373135th | 0.532131st | -4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.269107th | 0.367127th | +20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.648124th | 3.230118th | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.227125th | 0.17442nd | -83 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500134th | 0.60025th | -109 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.70024th | 4.077116th | +92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.181123rd | 0.17993rd | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.114119th | 0.11599th | -20 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067102nd | 0.06481st | -21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 64.700132nd | — | — |
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs LT defence | USA offence | LT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | -0.01245th | -18 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.34728th | -63 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.30596th | +58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | -0.01752nd | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.32524th | -66 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 1.01896th | +67 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.11967th | -10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.38459th | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.686107th | +57 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.41440th | -71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.22826th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 2.0635th | -57 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.230110th | +94 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.66748th | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 3.72294th | +46 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.242136th | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.178136th | +64 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.06480th | 0 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
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.