Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Diego State’s points of margin with Dalesean Staley and since Dalesean Staley’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Diego State was 0.4 points under with Dalesean Staley and 2.8 points under since Dalesean Staley’s last game over its last 25 games, 15 games against 8. The plain averages are 5.6 and -7.9, a difference of 13.5. Expected was 13.8 points higher with Dalesean Staley than since Dalesean Staley’s last game. Both games after a bye were with Dalesean Staley.

Dalesean Staley, defender: 16 of those 25 games.

points of margin a game over expected

A +2.4 difference in points of margin over expected with Dalesean Staley vs since Dalesean Staley’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +13.5 difference in points of margin with Dalesean Staley vs since Dalesean Staley’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Dalesean Staley and it comes up 18 times in 100.

The games

with Dalesean Staleysince Dalesean Staley’s last game
San Diego State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Dalesean Staley or since Dalesean Staley’s last game
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Nov 16, 2024@UNLVL-21-26.4
Nov 23, 2024@Utah StateL-21-5.4
Nov 30, 2024vsAir ForceL-11-1.8
Aug 28, 2025vsSStony BrookW42—
Sep 6, 2025@Washington StateL-23-0.8
Sep 20, 2025vsCaliforniaW344.6
Sep 27, 2025@Northern IllinoisW317.9
Oct 3, 2025vsColorado StateW2117.2
Oct 11, 2025@NevadaW349.3
Oct 25, 2025@Fresno StateW230.2
Nov 1, 2025vsWyomingW1716.5
Nov 8, 2025@HawaiiL-328.9
Nov 15, 2025vsBoise StateW101.2
Nov 22, 2025vsSan Jose StateW2219.4
Nov 28, 2025@New MexicoL-61.1
Dec 27, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)L-2-7.9
Sep 5, 2026vsPPortland StateW33—
Sep 12, 2026@UCLAL-18-32.3
Sep 19, 2026vsJames MadisonL-13-9.6
Sep 26, 2026@ToledoL-25-3.3
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas StateW2-11.6
Oct 10, 2026@Oregon StateL-52-11.6
Oct 17, 2026vsFresno StateW3-11.2
Oct 24, 2026@Colorado StateL-7-1.4
Oct 31, 2026vsWashington StateW6-0.5

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 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 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 25 games; in the other 10 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.