Iowa State’s points of margin with Jaylen Raynor and without Jaylen Raynor
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 5.1 points over with Jaylen Raynor and 32.5 points under without Jaylen Raynor in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 7.1 and -36.0, a difference of 43.1. All 5 home games were with Jaylen Raynor. All 3 night games were with Jaylen Raynor. All 3 unranked opponents were with Jaylen Raynor.
Jaylen Raynor, quarterback: 1,416 passing yards, 186 pass attempts and 111 completions in 8 games this season.
One game without Jaylen Raynor is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
points of margin a game over expected
with Jaylen Raynor
+5.1
without Jaylen Raynor
−32.5
-20020
plain
7.1
-36.0
0
The games
with Jaylen Raynorwithout Jaylen Raynor
| Side | Date | Game | Result | points of margin | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsSSoutheast Missouri State | W | 28 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Iowa | L | -3 | -12.4 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Bowling Green | W | 48 | 19.0 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Utah | L | -14 | -9.7 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs West Virginia | W | 3 | 7.8 | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | @ BYU | L | -14 | -8.5 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Arizona | L | -36 | -3.5 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Oklahoma State | W | 2 | -4.7 |
Method
- 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.