Putting Up Numbers· college football

Iowa State’s points of margin with Connor Moberly and without Connor Moberly

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 32.5 points under with Connor Moberly and 5.1 points over without Connor Moberly in 2026, 1 game against 6. The plain averages are -36.0 and 7.1, a difference of 43.1. All 5 home games were without Connor Moberly. All 3 night games were without Connor Moberly. All 3 unranked opponents were without Connor Moberly.

Connor Moberly, quarterback: 83 passing yards, 19 pass attempts and 9 completions in 4 games this season.

One game with Connor Moberly is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points of margin a game over expected

The games

with Connor Moberlywithout Connor Moberly
Iowa State’s games, 2026, each marked with Connor Moberly or without Connor Moberly
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsSSoutheast Missouri StateW28—
Sep 12, 2026@IowaL-3-12.4
Sep 19, 2026vsBowling GreenW4819.0
Sep 26, 2026vsUtahL-14-9.7
Oct 3, 2026vsWest VirginiaW37.8
Oct 9, 2026@BYUL-14-8.5
Oct 24, 2026@ArizonaL-36-3.5
Oct 31, 2026vsOklahoma StateW2-4.7

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.
  • Southeast Missouri State 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.
  • 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.