Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tennessee’s total yards with Javin Gordon and without Javin Gordon

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tennessee was 8.4 yards over with Javin Gordon and 14.4 yards under without Javin Gordon over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 440.8 and 356.0, a difference of 84.8.

Javin Gordon, running back: 120 rushing yards, 26 carries and 3 receptions in 4 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +22.8 difference in total yards over expected with Javin Gordon vs without Javin Gordon is about what you’d expect.

A +84.8 difference in total yards with Javin Gordon vs without Javin Gordon is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Tennessee’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Javin Gordon or without Javin Gordon
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024@GeorgiaL317361.9
Nov 23, 2024vsUTEPW460515.5
Nov 30, 2024@VanderbiltW538401.1
Dec 21, 2024@Ohio StateL256330.0
Aug 30, 2025vsSyracuse (neutral)W495467.4
Sep 6, 2025vsEast Tennessee StateW734—
Sep 13, 2025vsGeorgiaL496351.5
Sep 20, 2025vsUABW514483.3
Sep 27, 2025@Mississippi StateW471459.5
Oct 11, 2025vsArkansasW494478.7
Oct 18, 2025@AlabamaL417369.0
Oct 25, 2025@KentuckyW511404.7
Nov 1, 2025vsOklahomaL456349.1
Nov 15, 2025vsNew Mexico StateW413538.1
Nov 22, 2025@FloridaW452413.7
Nov 29, 2025vsVanderbiltL385461.3
Dec 30, 2025vsIllinois (neutral)L278434.1
Sep 5, 2026vsFurmanW642—
Sep 12, 2026@Georgia TechW447411.0
Sep 19, 2026vsKennesaw StateW446434.6
Sep 26, 2026vsTexasL221290.0
Oct 3, 2026vsAuburnW330394.2
Oct 10, 2026@ArkansasW427362.7
Oct 17, 2026vsAlabamaW354329.5
Oct 24, 2026@South CarolinaL320355.2

Method

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Furman 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Javin Gordon nor without Javin Gordon: Javin Gordon had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.