Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Jose State was 28.4 yards under with Jabari Bates and 74.2 yards over without Jabari Bates in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 338.9 and 426.0, a difference of 87.1. 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.

total 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Aug 29, 2026@USCL336296.4
Sep 4, 2026@Eastern MichiganW455373.8
Sep 12, 2026vsCCal PolyW493—
Sep 19, 2026vsFresno StateL335382.8
Oct 3, 2026@HawaiiW324351.4
Oct 9, 2026vsWyomingL326371.5
Oct 17, 2026@UTEPW426351.8
Oct 24, 2026@NevadaL204320.2
Oct 31, 2026vsNew MexicoL238320.7

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 12.1 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 67% 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.