Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s points allowed with Rasean Jones and without Rasean Jones

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 2.2 points under with Rasean Jones and 7.4 points over without Rasean Jones in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 22.6 and 31.0, a difference of 8.4. All 4 home games were with Rasean Jones. All 5 day games were with Rasean Jones. All 4 games while unranked were with Rasean Jones.

Rasean Jones, receiver: 545 receiving yards, 37 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns in 7 games this season.

One game without Rasean Jones is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

The games

with Rasean Joneswithout Rasean Jones
Boise State’s games, 2026, each marked with Rasean Jones or without Rasean Jones
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL3427.8
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW2031.2
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW24—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW725.1
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW1815.0
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3123.6
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW1023.6
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4524.6

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, minus 1.8 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 66% of the difference the model predicts.
  • South Dakota has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 7 of these 8 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.