Putting Up Numbers· college football

UCF’s points allowed with Alonza Barnett III and since Alonza Barnett III’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UCF was 18.8 points under with Alonza Barnett III and 3.9 points over since Alonza Barnett III’s last game over its last 25 games, 1 game against 6. The plain averages are 9.0 and 30.7, a difference of 21.7. All 3 ranked opponents were since Alonza Barnett III’s last game. All 5 conference games were since Alonza Barnett III’s last game.

Alonza Barnett III, quarterback: 477 passing yards, 65 pass attempts and 39 completions in 3 of those 25 games.

2 games with Alonza Barnett III is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

A −21.7 difference in points allowed with Alonza Barnett III vs since Alonza Barnett III’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Alonza Barnett III and it comes up 7 times in 100.

The games

with Alonza Barnett IIIsince Alonza Barnett III’s last game
UCF’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Alonza Barnett III or since Alonza Barnett III’s last game
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Oct 26, 2024vsBYUL3729.4
Nov 2, 2024vsArizonaW1224.6
Nov 9, 2024@Arizona StateL3534.3
Nov 23, 2024@West VirginiaL3129.3
Nov 29, 2024vsUtahL2821.2
Aug 28, 2025vsJacksonville StateW1018.5
Sep 6, 2025vsNNorth Carolina A&TW7—
Sep 20, 2025vsNorth CarolinaW917.4
Sep 27, 2025@Kansas StateL3429.3
Oct 4, 2025vsKansasL2726.3
Oct 11, 2025@CincinnatiL2028.7
Oct 18, 2025vsWest VirginiaW1322.4
Nov 1, 2025@BaylorL3031.9
Nov 7, 2025vsHoustonL3026.2
Nov 15, 2025@Texas TechL4833.8
Nov 22, 2025vsOklahoma StateW1414.7
Nov 29, 2025@BYUL4129.7
Sep 3, 2026vsBBethune-CookmanW6—
Sep 12, 2026@PittsburghL1230.8
Sep 19, 2026vsGeorgia StateW3021.8
Sep 26, 2026vsTCUW1319.6
Oct 3, 2026@HoustonL2731.8
Oct 10, 2026@Oklahoma StateL4236.4
Oct 24, 2026vsBYUW3125.3
Oct 30, 2026vsBaylorL4125.6

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, minus 1.9 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 66% 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.
  • Bethune-Cookman 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 for 6 of these 8 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Alonza Barnett III nor since Alonza Barnett III’s last game: Alonza Barnett III had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.