Putting Up Numbers· college football

Fresno State’s points with Rayshon Luke and without Rayshon Luke

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Fresno State was 0.8 points under with Rayshon Luke and 7.4 points over without Rayshon Luke over its last 25 games, 18 games against 1. The plain averages are 26.8 and 31.0, a difference of 4.3. All 10 away games were with Rayshon Luke. All 6 day games were with Rayshon Luke. All 19 unranked opponents were with Rayshon Luke.

Rayshon Luke, running back: 1,081 rushing yards, 172 carries and 51 receptions in 20 of those 25 games.

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

points a game over expected

The games

with Rayshon Lukewithout Rayshon Luke
Fresno State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Rayshon Luke or without Rayshon Luke
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Air ForceL2821.9
Nov 23, 2024vsColorado StateW2825.9
Nov 30, 2024@UCLAL1317.6
Dec 23, 2024vsNorthern Illinois (neutral)L2019.0
Aug 23, 2025@KansasL722.7
Aug 30, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernW4229.5
Sep 6, 2025@Oregon StateW3622.5
Sep 13, 2025vsSouthernW56—
Sep 20, 2025@HawaiiW2322.9
Oct 4, 2025vsNevadaW2027.4
Oct 10, 2025@Colorado StateL2126.1
Oct 25, 2025vsSan Diego StateL020.3
Nov 1, 2025@Boise StateW3016.4
Nov 15, 2025vsWyomingW2420.2
Nov 22, 2025vsUtah StateL1727.6
Nov 29, 2025@San Jose StateW4126.4
Dec 27, 2025vsMiami (OH) (neutral)W1824.5
Sep 4, 2026@USCL026.7
Sep 12, 2026vsSSacramento StateW49—
Sep 19, 2026@San Jose StateW2623.4
Sep 26, 2026vsRiceW3831.1
Oct 3, 2026@Washington StateW2624.6
Oct 10, 2026vsBoise StateL3123.6
Oct 17, 2026@San Diego StateL2329.5
Oct 31, 2026vsOregon StateW3823.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 1.5 in 2025, plus 1.8 in 2026 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 78% in 2025, 66% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Southern, Sacramento 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 for 20 of these 21 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Rayshon Luke nor without Rayshon Luke: Rayshon Luke had no game for the team that season, and sit out.