Putting Up Numbers· college football

Colorado State’s points of margin with K'saan Farrar and without K'saan Farrar

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Colorado State was 11.4 points under with K'saan Farrar and 9.4 points over without K'saan Farrar in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are -25.3 and 11.5, a difference of 36.8.

K'saan Farrar, quarterback: 943 passing yards, 143 pass attempts and 89 completions in 5 games this season.

points of margin a game over expected

A −20.8 difference in points of margin over expected with K'saan Farrar vs without K'saan Farrar is about what you’d expect.

A −36.8 difference in points of margin with K'saan Farrar vs without K'saan Farrar is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with K'saan Farrar and it comes up 6 times in 100.

The games

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Colorado State’s games, 2026, each marked with K'saan Farrar or without K'saan Farrar
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsWyomingW22-6.4
Sep 12, 2026vsSSouthern UtahW34—
Sep 19, 2026vsBYUL-18-20.1
Sep 26, 2026@UTSAL-14-17.1
Oct 3, 2026vsOregon StateL-30-9.9
Oct 15, 2026@Texas StateL-39-8.4
Oct 24, 2026vsSan Diego StateW71.4
Oct 31, 2026@Utah StateL-17-11.1

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.
  • 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.
  • Southern Utah 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, 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.