Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (OH)’s points allowed with Caleb Heavner and without Caleb Heavner

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (OH) was 3.2 points under with Caleb Heavner and 5.8 points over without Caleb Heavner over its last 25 games, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 21.0 and 30.5, a difference of 9.5. All 4 conference games were with Caleb Heavner. All 4 nonconference games were without Caleb Heavner.

Caleb Heavner, quarterback: 615 passing yards, 102 pass attempts and 56 completions in 7 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −9.0 difference in points allowed over expected with Caleb Heavner vs without Caleb Heavner is about what you’d expect.

A −9.5 difference in points allowed with Caleb Heavner vs without Caleb Heavner is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Caleb Heavnerwithout Caleb Heavner
Miami (OH)’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Caleb Heavner or without Caleb Heavner
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 29, 2024@Bowling GreenW1223.0
Dec 7, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L3820.7
Dec 28, 2024vsColorado State (neutral)W1718.6
Aug 28, 2025@WisconsinL1726.0
Sep 6, 2025@RutgersL4533.1
Sep 20, 2025vsUNLVL4129.9
Sep 27, 2025vsLLindenwoodW0—
Oct 4, 2025@Northern IllinoisW1420.2
Oct 11, 2025@AkronW722.0
Oct 18, 2025vsEastern MichiganW3021.4
Oct 25, 2025vsWestern MichiganW1722.3
Nov 4, 2025@OhioL2426.9
Nov 12, 2025vsToledoL2427.3
Nov 19, 2025@BuffaloW2021.0
Nov 29, 2025vsBall StateW2414.0
Dec 6, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L2323.0
Dec 27, 2025vsFresno State (neutral)L1824.5
Sep 5, 2026@PittsburghL5928.2
Sep 12, 2026vsHoly CrossW7—
Sep 19, 2026@CincinnatiL3536.7
Sep 26, 2026vsUConnW2132.8
Oct 3, 2026vsBowling GreenL2421.7
Oct 10, 2026@UMassW1925.4
Oct 17, 2026vsAkronW1423.3
Oct 24, 2026@Central MichiganW2726.4

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, minus 1.9 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 two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Holy Cross 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 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 Caleb Heavner nor without Caleb Heavner: Caleb Heavner had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.