Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia Tech’s points allowed with Kyle Efford and without Kyle Efford

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia Tech was 4.1 points under with Kyle Efford and 7.4 points over without Kyle Efford in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 28.0 and 32.4, a difference of 4.4. All 3 away games were without Kyle Efford.

Kyle Efford, defender: 3 games this season.

3 games with Kyle Efford is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

A −11.5 difference in points allowed over expected with Kyle Efford vs without Kyle Efford is about what you’d expect.

A −4.4 difference in points allowed with Kyle Efford vs without Kyle Efford is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Georgia Tech’s games, 2026, each marked with Kyle Efford or without Kyle Efford
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Sep 3, 2026vsColoradoL1429.4
Sep 12, 2026vsTennesseeL4534.1
Sep 19, 2026vsMercerW11—
Sep 26, 2026@StanfordL3429.7
Oct 10, 2026vsDukeW2532.8
Oct 17, 2026@Virginia TechL3435.2
Oct 24, 2026vsBoston CollegeL4921.6
Oct 31, 2026@PittsburghL3434.8

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.
  • 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.
  • Mercer 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 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.