Putting Up Numbers· college football

Texas State’s points with Jaylen Jenkins and without Jaylen Jenkins

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Texas State was 1.5 points over with Jaylen Jenkins and 10.0 points over without Jaylen Jenkins over its last 25 games, 18 games against 5. The plain averages are 36.7 and 44.4, a difference of 7.7. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jaylen Jenkins. All 4 games after a bye were with Jaylen Jenkins.

Jaylen Jenkins, running back: 366 rushing yards, 69 carries and 4 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A −8.5 difference in points over expected with Jaylen Jenkins vs without Jaylen Jenkins is about what you’d expect.

A −7.7 difference in points with Jaylen Jenkins vs without Jaylen Jenkins is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Texas State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jaylen Jenkins or without Jaylen Jenkins
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSouthern MissW5840.9
Nov 23, 2024vsGeorgia StateL4437.5
Nov 29, 2024@South AlabamaW4528.9
Jan 3, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)W3040.1
Aug 30, 2025vsEastern MichiganW5238.6
Sep 6, 2025@UTSAW4330.6
Sep 13, 2025@Arizona StateL1525.0
Sep 20, 2025vsNNichollsW35—
Oct 4, 2025@Arkansas StateL3034.1
Oct 11, 2025vsTroyL4132.3
Oct 18, 2025@MarshallL3736.4
Oct 28, 2025vsJames MadisonL2028.7
Nov 8, 2025@LouisianaL3936.2
Nov 15, 2025@Southern MissW4134.1
Nov 22, 2025vsLouisiana MonroeW3143.1
Nov 29, 2025vsSouth AlabamaW4937.0
Jan 2, 2026vsRice (neutral)W4135.3
Sep 5, 2026@TexasL720.1
Sep 12, 2026vsUTSAL2635.5
Sep 19, 2026vsNorth TexasW4936.4
Sep 26, 2026vsIIncarnate WordW63—
Oct 3, 2026@San Diego StateL2936.0
Oct 15, 2026vsColorado StateW6642.1
Oct 24, 2026vsUtah StateW2027.1
Oct 31, 2026@Boise StateL4524.7

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, plus 1.5 in 2024, 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 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.
  • Nicholls, Incarnate Word 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 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.