Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (FL)’s points with Vandrevius Jacobs and without Vandrevius Jacobs

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (FL) was 9.4 points over with Vandrevius Jacobs and 3.2 points over without Vandrevius Jacobs over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 56.0 and 39.3, a difference of 16.8. All 4 home games were with Vandrevius Jacobs. All 4 away games were without Vandrevius Jacobs. Both day games were with Vandrevius Jacobs.

Vandrevius Jacobs, receiver: 150 receiving yards, 9 receptions and 1 receiving touchdown in 4 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A +6.2 difference in points over expected with Vandrevius Jacobs vs without Vandrevius Jacobs is about what you’d expect.

A +16.8 difference in points with Vandrevius Jacobs vs without Vandrevius Jacobs is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Vandrevius Jacobs and it comes up 5 times in 100.

The games

with Vandrevius Jacobswithout Vandrevius Jacobs
Miami (FL)’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Vandrevius Jacobs or without Vandrevius Jacobs
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Dec 28, 2024vsIowa State (neutral)L4134.4
Aug 31, 2025vsNotre DameW2725.3
Sep 6, 2025vsBBethune-CookmanW45—
Sep 13, 2025vsSouth FloridaW4931.4
Sep 20, 2025vsFloridaW2629.3
Oct 4, 2025@Florida StateW2829.1
Oct 17, 2025vsLouisvilleL2131.7
Oct 25, 2025vsStanfordW4233.7
Nov 1, 2025@SMUL2028.7
Nov 8, 2025vsSyracuseW3838.6
Nov 15, 2025vsNC StateW4132.6
Nov 22, 2025@Virginia TechW3434.3
Nov 29, 2025@PittsburghW3830.1
Dec 20, 2025@Texas A&MW1028.5
Dec 31, 2025vsOhio State (neutral)W2416.1
Jan 8, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)W3129.5
Jan 19, 2026vsIndiana (neutral)L2118.6
Sep 4, 2026@StanfordW4545.9
Sep 10, 2026vsFlorida A&MW77—
Sep 18, 2026@Wake ForestW3331.6
Sep 26, 2026vsCentral MichiganW5242.3
Oct 3, 2026@ClemsonW4131.4
Oct 17, 2026vsFlorida StateW4342.5
Oct 24, 2026vsPittsburghW5234.0
Oct 31, 2026@North CarolinaW3835.3

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 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.
  • Florida A&M 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Vandrevius Jacobs nor without Vandrevius Jacobs: Vandrevius Jacobs had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.