Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Jose State’s passing yards with Jabari Bates and without Jabari Bates

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Jose State was 5.4 yards over with Jabari Bates and 28.9 yards under without Jabari Bates in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 232.3 and 193.0, a difference of 39.3. All 4 home games were with Jabari Bates. All 4 day games were with Jabari Bates. All 4 nonconference games were with Jabari Bates.

Jabari Bates, running back: 649 rushing yards, 153 carries and 9 receptions in 8 games this season.

One game without Jabari Bates is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

passing yards a game over expected

The games

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San Jose State’s games, 2026, each marked with Jabari Bates or without Jabari Bates
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Aug 29, 2026@USCL234204.7
Sep 4, 2026@Eastern MichiganW316262.5
Sep 12, 2026vsCCal PolyW238—
Sep 19, 2026vsFresno StateL244246.3
Oct 3, 2026@HawaiiW246209.3
Oct 9, 2026vsWyomingL251217.9
Oct 17, 2026@UTEPW193221.9
Oct 24, 2026@NevadaL139224.0
Oct 31, 2026vsNew MexicoL190217.2

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 4.1 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 59% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Cal Poly has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 7 of these 9 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.