Putting Up Numbers· college football

SMU’s points with Dramekco Green and without Dramekco Green

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, SMU was 2.5 points under with Dramekco Green and 5.0 points over without Dramekco Green over its last 25 games, 9 games against 10. The plain averages are 32.5 and 34.2, a difference of 1.7. Expected was 4.1 points higher with Dramekco Green than without Dramekco Green.

Dramekco Green, running back: 201 rushing yards, 61 carries and 8 receptions in 9 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A −7.6 difference in points over expected with Dramekco Green vs without Dramekco Green is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Dramekco Green and it comes up 16 times in 100.

A −1.7 difference in points with Dramekco Green vs without Dramekco Green is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Dramekco Greenwithout Dramekco Green
SMU’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Dramekco Green or without Dramekco Green
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 23, 2024@VirginiaW3333.0
Nov 30, 2024vsCaliforniaW3832.3
Dec 7, 2024vsClemson (neutral)L3131.2
Dec 21, 2024@Penn StateL1025.5
Aug 30, 2025vsEEast Texas A&MW42—
Sep 6, 2025vsBaylorL4536.7
Sep 13, 2025@Missouri StateW2838.2
Sep 20, 2025@TCUL2428.0
Oct 4, 2025vsSyracuseW3137.3
Oct 11, 2025vsStanfordW3432.4
Oct 18, 2025@ClemsonW3524.5
Oct 25, 2025@Wake ForestL1229.3
Nov 1, 2025vsMiami (FL)W2618.0
Nov 8, 2025@Boston CollegeW4533.6
Nov 22, 2025vsLouisvilleW3826.8
Nov 29, 2025@CaliforniaL3532.8
Jan 2, 2026vsArizona (neutral)W2425.6
Sep 7, 2026@Florida StateW2728.7
Sep 12, 2026vsUUC-DavisW56—
Sep 19, 2026@LouisvilleL3125.1
Sep 26, 2026vsMissouri StateW3440.5
Oct 3, 2026vsBoston CollegeW2531.6
Oct 17, 2026vsVirginiaW2328.2
Oct 24, 2026vsCaliforniaW5929.3
Oct 31, 2026@SyracuseL2728.8

Method

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  • 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 1.5 in 2025, plus 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 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.
  • East Texas A&M, UC-Davis 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Dramekco Green nor without Dramekco Green: Dramekco Green had no game for the team that season, and sit out.