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 1.1 points over without Connor Moberly over its last 25 games, 1 game against 22. The plain averages are -36.0 and 5.8, a difference of 41.8. All 13 home games were without Connor Moberly. All 3 neutral-site games were without Connor Moberly. All 6 night games were without Connor Moberly.

Connor Moberly, quarterback: 83 passing yards, 23 pass attempts and 9 completions in 7 of those 25 games.

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, last 25 games, each marked with Connor Moberly or without Connor Moberly
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsCincinnatiW178.0
Nov 23, 2024@UtahW36.1
Nov 30, 2024vsKansas StateW83.6
Dec 7, 2024vsArizona State (neutral)L-261.6
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (FL) (neutral)W1-5.0
Aug 23, 2025vsKansas State (neutral)W3-1.3
Aug 30, 2025vsSSouth DakotaW48—
Sep 6, 2025vsIowaW3-11.4
Sep 13, 2025@Arkansas StateW818.9
Sep 27, 2025vsArizonaW25-6.2
Oct 4, 2025@CincinnatiL-83.5
Oct 11, 2025@ColoradoL-711.2
Oct 25, 2025vsBYUL-14-3.6
Nov 1, 2025vsArizona StateL-55.4
Nov 8, 2025@TCUW3-5.6
Nov 22, 2025vsKansasW242.9
Nov 29, 2025@Oklahoma StateW720.1
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

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  • 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 3.0 in 2024, plus 3.1 in 2025, plus 3.7 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 85% in 2024, 87% in 2025, 79% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • South Dakota, Southeast Missouri 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 19 of these 25 games; in the other 6 a player is counted as in them 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.