Putting Up Numbers· college football

UCF’s points allowed with RJ Jackson Jr. and without RJ Jackson Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UCF was 0.0 points under with RJ Jackson Jr. and 0.7 points over without RJ Jackson Jr. over its last 25 games, 15 games against 3. The plain averages are 24.7 and 22.5, a difference of 2.2.

RJ Jackson Jr., defender: 13 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −0.8 difference in points allowed over expected with RJ Jackson Jr. vs without RJ Jackson Jr. is about what you’d expect.

A +2.2 difference in points allowed with RJ Jackson Jr. vs without RJ Jackson Jr. is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with RJ Jackson Jr. and it comes up 20 times in 100.

The games

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UCF’s games, last 25 games, each marked with RJ Jackson Jr. or without RJ Jackson Jr.
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 game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 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 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.
  • North Carolina A&T, Bethune-Cookman 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 15 of these 20 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with RJ Jackson Jr. nor without RJ Jackson Jr.: RJ Jackson Jr. had no game for the team that season, and sit out.