Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s points of margin with Isaiah Rudison and without Isaiah Rudison

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, New Mexico State was 1.1 points under with Isaiah Rudison and 0.8 points over without Isaiah Rudison over its last 25 games, 19 games against 4. The plain averages are -4.7 and -14.0, a difference of 9.4. Expected was 16.6 points higher with Isaiah Rudison than without Isaiah Rudison.

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

points of margin a game over expected

A −1.9 difference in points of margin over expected with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is about what you’d expect.

A +9.4 difference in points of margin with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is about what you’d expect.

The games

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New Mexico State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Isaiah Rudison or without Isaiah Rudison
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L-21-12.4
Nov 9, 2024vsWestern KentuckyL-13-11.5
Nov 16, 2024@Texas A&ML-35-40.1
Nov 23, 2024@Middle TennesseeW15-5.6
Nov 30, 2024vsUTEPL-70.5
Aug 30, 2025vsBBryantW16—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulsaW7-1.7
Sep 13, 2025@Louisiana TechL-35-9.8
Sep 27, 2025@New MexicoL-18-20.4
Oct 2, 2025vsSam HoustonW278.3
Oct 14, 2025@LibertyL-3-9.1
Oct 22, 2025vsMissouri StateL-7-0.4
Nov 1, 2025@Western KentuckyL-19-10.7
Nov 8, 2025vsKennesaw StateL-3-8.2
Nov 15, 2025@TennesseeL-33-29.6
Nov 22, 2025@UTEPW3-0.8
Nov 29, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL-75.6
Aug 29, 2026@Florida StateL-17-25.3
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW37—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL-10-5.2
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL-24-16.8
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW210.8
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL-19-4.4
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW6-0.5
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL-24-1.0

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 3.0 in 2024, plus 3.1 in 2025, plus 3.7 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 85% in 2024, 87% in 2025, 79% 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.