Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Jose State’s points allowed with Jabari Bates and without Jabari Bates

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Jose State was 0.1 points under with Jabari Bates and 2.7 points over without Jabari Bates over its last 25 games, 14 games against 9. The plain averages are 27.7 and 32.1, a difference of 4.4. All 4 ranked opponents were with Jabari Bates. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jabari Bates. All 10 nonconference games were with Jabari Bates.

Jabari Bates, running back: 841 rushing yards, 189 carries and 10 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −2.8 difference in points allowed over expected with Jabari Bates vs without Jabari Bates is about what you’d expect.

A −4.4 difference in points allowed with Jabari Bates vs without Jabari Bates is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Jabari Bateswithout Jabari Bates
San Jose State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jabari Bates or without Jabari Bates
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsBoise StateL4234.6
Nov 22, 2024vsUNLVL2733.8
Nov 29, 2024vsStanfordW3127.1
Dec 24, 2024vsSouth Florida (neutral)L4129.3
Aug 29, 2025vsCentral MichiganL1626.8
Sep 6, 2025@TexasL3841.7
Sep 20, 2025vsIdahoW28—
Sep 27, 2025@StanfordL3032.6
Oct 3, 2025vsNew MexicoW2832.4
Oct 11, 2025@WyomingL3522.0
Oct 17, 2025@Utah StateL3038.5
Nov 1, 2025vsHawaiiW3832.6
Nov 8, 2025vsAir ForceL2634.3
Nov 15, 2025@NevadaL5523.3
Nov 22, 2025@San Diego StateL2534.9
Nov 29, 2025vsFresno StateL4126.4
Aug 29, 2026@USCL4233.5
Sep 4, 2026@Eastern MichiganW2121.8
Sep 12, 2026vsCCal PolyW20—
Sep 19, 2026vsFresno StateL2623.3
Oct 3, 2026@HawaiiW1622.6
Oct 9, 2026vsWyomingL1617.1
Oct 17, 2026@UTEPW1120.4
Oct 24, 2026@NevadaL2824.0
Oct 31, 2026vsNew MexicoL2128.5

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, 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 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.
  • Idaho, Cal Poly 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.