Putting Up Numbers· college football

Iowa State’s total yards with Jaylen Raynor and without Jaylen Raynor

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 28.1 yards over with Jaylen Raynor and 157.7 yards under without Jaylen Raynor over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 391.4 and 221.0, a difference of 170.4. 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 of those 25 games.

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

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Jaylen Raynorwithout Jaylen Raynor
Iowa State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jaylen Raynor or without Jaylen Raynor
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsCincinnatiW386416.0
Nov 23, 2024@UtahW405367.0
Nov 30, 2024vsKansas StateW326412.1
Dec 7, 2024vsArizona State (neutral)L341374.0
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (FL) (neutral)W416392.6
Aug 23, 2025vsKansas State (neutral)W315405.7
Aug 30, 2025vsSSouth DakotaW529—
Sep 6, 2025vsIowaW238324.7
Sep 13, 2025@Arkansas StateW454440.0
Sep 27, 2025vsArizonaW400328.8
Oct 4, 2025@CincinnatiL470410.7
Oct 11, 2025@ColoradoL441409.8
Oct 25, 2025vsBYUL495335.1
Nov 1, 2025vsArizona StateL336355.4
Nov 8, 2025@TCUW273379.6
Nov 22, 2025vsKansasW462409.5
Nov 29, 2025@Oklahoma StateW346416.2
Sep 5, 2026vsSSoutheast Missouri StateW303—
Sep 12, 2026@IowaL255330.2
Sep 19, 2026vsBowling GreenW507417.6
Sep 26, 2026vsUtahL316361.5
Oct 3, 2026vsWest VirginiaW578450.3
Oct 9, 2026@BYUL200346.3
Oct 24, 2026@ArizonaL221378.7
Oct 31, 2026vsOklahoma StateW581362.4

Method

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  • 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 12.1 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 67% 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Jaylen Raynor nor without Jaylen Raynor: Jaylen Raynor had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.