Auburn’s penalty yards with Bryson Washington and without Bryson Washington
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Auburn was 3.8 yards over with Bryson Washington and 15.6 yards over without Bryson Washington in 2026, 6 games against 2. The plain averages are 61.8 and 76.0, a difference of 14.2. All 4 home games were with Bryson Washington. Both night games were with Bryson Washington. All 4 unranked opponents were with Bryson Washington.
Bryson Washington, running back: 76 rushing yards, 21 carries and 3 receptions in 5 games this season.
2 games without Bryson Washington is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
penalty yards a game over expected
A −11.8 difference in penalty yards over expected with Bryson Washington vs without Bryson Washington is about what you’d expect.
A −14.2 difference in penalty yards with Bryson Washington vs without Bryson Washington is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Baylor (neutral) | W | 47 | 56.4 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Southern Miss | W | 73 | 61.8 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Florida | L | 65 | 54.1 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Vanderbilt | W | 44 | 57.0 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Tennessee | L | 94 | 63.4 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Georgia | W | 85 | 57.4 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs LSU | L | 48 | 55.6 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Ole Miss | L | 67 | 63.5 |
Method
- 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, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
- The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 6 of these 8 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.