Putting Up Numbers· college football

Air Force’s points of margin with Kemper Hodges and without Kemper Hodges

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Air Force was 9.8 points over with Kemper Hodges and 0.5 points under without Kemper Hodges in 2026, 1 game against 5. The plain averages are 21.0 and 5.9, a difference of 15.1. All 5 home games were without Kemper Hodges. All 4 day games were without Kemper Hodges. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Kemper Hodges.

Kemper Hodges, quarterback: 2 pass attempts and 401 rushing yards in 7 games this season.

One game with Kemper Hodges is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points of margin a game over expected

The games

with Kemper Hodgeswithout Kemper Hodges
Air Force’s games, 2026, each marked with Kemper Hodges or without Kemper Hodges
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsDuquesneW34—
Sep 12, 2026vsNNorth Dakota StateL-6—
Sep 26, 2026@NevadaW3-4.6
Oct 3, 2026vsNavyW52.3
Oct 10, 2026@Northern IllinoisW2111.2
Oct 17, 2026vsUNLVW106.1
Oct 23, 2026@WyomingL-147.8
Oct 31, 2026vsUConnW93.9

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 3.7 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 79% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Duquesne, North Dakota State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.