Putting Up Numbers· college football

Texas’ points with Colin Simmons and since Colin Simmons’ last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Texas was 0.7 points over with Colin Simmons and 3.8 points over since Colin Simmons’ last game over its last 25 games, 23 games against 2. The plain averages are 29.9 and 32.5, a difference of 2.6. All 6 away games were with Colin Simmons. All 6 neutral-site games were with Colin Simmons. All 18 day games were with Colin Simmons.

Colin Simmons, defender: 22 of those 25 games.

2 games since Colin Simmons’ last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points a game over expected

A −3.1 difference in points over expected with Colin Simmons vs since Colin Simmons’ last game is about what you’d expect.

A −2.6 difference in points with Colin Simmons vs since Colin Simmons’ last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Colin Simmonssince Colin Simmons’ last game
Texas’ games, last 25 games, each marked with Colin Simmons or since Colin Simmons’ last game
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Dec 7, 2024vsGeorgia (neutral)L1927.8
Dec 21, 2024vsClemsonW3831.8
Jan 1, 2025vsArizona State (neutral)W3928.5
Jan 10, 2025vsOhio State (neutral)L1422.7
Aug 30, 2025@Ohio StateL714.5
Sep 6, 2025vsSan Jose StateW3841.7
Sep 13, 2025vsUTEPW2744.2
Sep 20, 2025vsSam HoustonW5543.8
Oct 4, 2025@FloridaL2124.6
Oct 11, 2025vsOklahoma (neutral)W2320.1
Oct 18, 2025@KentuckyW1629.6
Oct 25, 2025@Mississippi StateW4530.6
Nov 1, 2025vsVanderbiltW3429.2
Nov 15, 2025@GeorgiaL1022.2
Nov 22, 2025vsArkansasW5234.0
Nov 28, 2025vsTexas A&MW2726.4
Dec 31, 2025vsMichigan (neutral)W4123.0
Sep 5, 2026vsTexas StateW5933.0
Sep 12, 2026vsOhio StateW2427.1
Sep 19, 2026vsUTSAW3036.6
Sep 26, 2026@TennesseeW2021.8
Oct 10, 2026vsOklahoma (neutral)L2425.2
Oct 17, 2026vsFloridaL2432.6
Oct 24, 2026vsOle MissW3426.6
Oct 31, 2026vsMississippi StateW3130.8

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 two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • 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.