Putting Up Numbers· college football

Rice’s points allowed with Quinton Jackson and since Quinton Jackson’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Rice was 0.7 points over with Quinton Jackson and 3.3 points over since Quinton Jackson’s last game over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 29.8 and 35.9, a difference of 6.1. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Quinton Jackson. All 3 games after a bye were with Quinton Jackson. All 4 of Pete Alamar’s games were with Quinton Jackson.

Quinton Jackson, running back: 1,082 rushing yards, 206 carries and 13 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −2.6 difference in points allowed over expected with Quinton Jackson vs since Quinton Jackson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −6.1 difference in points allowed with Quinton Jackson vs since Quinton Jackson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Quinton Jacksonsince Quinton Jackson’s last game
Rice’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Quinton Jackson or since Quinton Jackson’s last game
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 2, 2024vsNavyW1031.5
Nov 8, 2024@MemphisL2733.0
Nov 23, 2024@UABL4024.0
Nov 30, 2024vsSouth FloridaW2826.8
Aug 30, 2025@LouisianaW1230.3
Sep 6, 2025vsHoustonL3534.3
Sep 13, 2025vsPrairie View A&MW17—
Sep 18, 2025@CharlotteW1721.5
Sep 27, 2025@NavyL2134.8
Oct 4, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticL2729.4
Oct 11, 2025@UTSAL6134.1
Oct 25, 2025vsUConnW3430.2
Oct 31, 2025vsMemphisL3830.6
Nov 8, 2025vsUABW1726.8
Nov 22, 2025vsNorth TexasL5642.5
Nov 29, 2025@South FloridaL5240.3
Jan 2, 2026vsTexas State (neutral)L4135.3
Sep 5, 2026vsHHouston ChristianW3—
Sep 12, 2026@Notre DameL5243.1
Sep 19, 2026vsWestern MichiganL2825.5
Sep 26, 2026@Fresno StateL3831.1
Oct 3, 2026vsUTSAL1639.0
Oct 10, 2026@East CarolinaL2829.1
Oct 17, 2026vsTulsaL3827.6
Oct 24, 2026@Florida AtlanticL5132.6

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, minus 1.5 in 2024, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% in 2026 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.
  • Prairie View A&M, Houston Christian 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 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.