Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s passing yards with Isaiah Rudison and without Isaiah Rudison

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, New Mexico State was 6.5 yards over with Isaiah Rudison and 39.8 yards under without Isaiah Rudison over its last 25 games, 19 games against 4. The plain averages are 231.5 and 150.0, a difference of 81.5.

Isaiah Rudison, running back: 176 rushing yards, 45 carries and 11 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

passing yards a game over expected

A +46.3 difference in passing yards over expected with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Isaiah Rudison and it comes up 12 times in 100.

A +81.5 difference in passing yards with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is rare: shuffle which games were with Isaiah Rudison and it comes up once in 100.

The games

with Isaiah Rudisonwithout Isaiah Rudison
New Mexico State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Isaiah Rudison or without Isaiah Rudison
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L30165.4
Nov 9, 2024vsWestern KentuckyL129160.9
Nov 16, 2024@Texas A&ML92162.7
Nov 23, 2024@Middle TennesseeW237184.5
Nov 30, 2024vsUTEPL340167.3
Aug 30, 2025vsBBryantW227—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulsaW252237.1
Sep 13, 2025@Louisiana TechL283244.9
Sep 27, 2025@New MexicoL289230.0
Oct 2, 2025vsSam HoustonW255266.2
Oct 14, 2025@LibertyL242226.9
Oct 22, 2025vsMissouri StateL207240.9
Nov 1, 2025@Western KentuckyL112264.9
Nov 8, 2025vsKennesaw StateL241247.0
Nov 15, 2025@TennesseeL313221.3
Nov 22, 2025@UTEPW276226.6
Nov 29, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL311266.4
Aug 29, 2026@Florida StateL272193.2
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW295—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL256182.2
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL263172.2
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW146216.4
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL123211.1
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW160181.1
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL29223.7

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 2.3 in 2024, plus 1.8 in 2025, plus 4.1 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 72% in 2024, 68% in 2025, 59% in 2026 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.
  • Bryant, Mercyhurst 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 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.