Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Diego State’s carries with Christian Washington and since Christian Washington’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Diego State was 1.2 carries over with Christian Washington and 0.3 carries under since Christian Washington’s last game over its last 25 games, 12 games against 8. The plain averages are 41.2 and 34.4, a difference of 6.8. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Christian Washington. Both games after a bye were with Christian Washington.

Christian Washington, running back: 575 rushing yards, 100 carries and 7 receptions in 14 of those 25 games, 17% of San Diego State’s carries in those games.

carries a game over expected

A +1.5 difference in carries over expected with Christian Washington vs since Christian Washington’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +6.8 difference in carries with Christian Washington vs since Christian Washington’s last game is unusual: shuffle which games were with Christian Washington and it comes up 3 times in 100.

The games

with Christian Washingtonsince Christian Washington’s last game
San Diego State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Christian Washington or since Christian Washington’s last game
SideDateGameResultcarriesExpected
Nov 16, 2024@UNLVL3534.4
Nov 23, 2024@Utah StateL3838.9
Nov 30, 2024vsAir ForceL3532.7
Aug 28, 2025vsSStony BrookW54—
Sep 6, 2025@Washington StateL3034.9
Sep 20, 2025vsCaliforniaW3340.3
Sep 27, 2025@Northern IllinoisW4342.9
Oct 3, 2025vsColorado StateW4741.3
Oct 11, 2025@NevadaW4138.2
Oct 25, 2025@Fresno StateW4436.9
Nov 1, 2025vsWyomingW3739.8
Nov 8, 2025@HawaiiL3437.4
Nov 15, 2025vsBoise StateW4335.0
Nov 22, 2025vsSan Jose StateW4140.7
Nov 28, 2025@New MexicoL4236.0
Dec 27, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)L4642.7
Sep 5, 2026vsPPortland StateW42—
Sep 12, 2026@UCLAL3831.5
Sep 19, 2026vsJames MadisonL4432.8
Sep 26, 2026@ToledoL3137.2
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas StateW2933.7
Oct 10, 2026@Oregon StateL2136.4
Oct 17, 2026vsFresno StateW3934.4
Oct 24, 2026@Colorado StateL3736.6
Oct 31, 2026vsWashington StateW3634.9

Method

Read against .

  • 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 0.3 in 2025, plus 0.6 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 74% in 2025, 61% 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.
  • Stony Brook, Portland State 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 15 of these 22 games; in the other 7 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 3 games in 2024 are neither with Christian Washington nor since Christian Washington’s last game: Christian Washington had no game for the team that season, and sit out.