Putting Up Numbers· college football

Syracuse’s third-down conversion rate with Tylik Hill and without Tylik Hill

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Syracuse was 1.2 percentage points under with Tylik Hill and 2.4 percentage points under without Tylik Hill in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 41.2% and 35.7%, a difference of 5.5%. All 4 home games were with Tylik Hill. All 4 day games were with Tylik Hill. Both nonconference games were with Tylik Hill.

Tylik Hill, running back: 522 rushing yards, 99 carries and 1 reception in 7 games this season.

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

third-down conversion rate a game over expected

The games

with Tylik Hillwithout Tylik Hill
Syracuse’s games, 2026, each marked with Tylik Hill or without Tylik Hill
SideDateGameResult3rd downsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsNew HampshireW66.7%—
Sep 12, 2026vsCaliforniaL41.2%40.1%
Sep 17, 2026@PittsburghL35.7%38.1%
Oct 3, 2026@UConnW58.8%38.6%
Oct 10, 2026@VirginiaL33.3%37.2%
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisvilleL21.4%36.1%
Oct 24, 2026@North CarolinaW42.1%40.6%
Oct 31, 2026vsSMUW25.0%36.8%

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 1.4% 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 40% of the difference the model predicts.
  • New Hampshire 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, which name every player who entered the game.