Putting Up Numbers· college football

Vanderbilt’s points with Brian Allen Jr. and without Brian Allen Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Vanderbilt was 1.0 points over with Brian Allen Jr. and 3.3 points under without Brian Allen Jr. over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 28.8 and 16.8, a difference of 12.0. All 3 away games were without Brian Allen Jr.. All 3 nonconference games were with Brian Allen Jr..

Brian Allen Jr., defender: 2 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A +4.4 difference in points over expected with Brian Allen Jr. vs without Brian Allen Jr. is about what you’d expect.

A +12.0 difference in points with Brian Allen Jr. vs without Brian Allen Jr. is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Brian Allen Jr. and it comes up 19 times in 100.

The games

with Brian Allen Jr.without Brian Allen Jr.
Vanderbilt’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Brian Allen Jr. or without Brian Allen Jr.
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 9, 2024vsSouth CarolinaL723.3
Nov 23, 2024@LSUL1723.3
Nov 30, 2024vsTennesseeL2321.3
Dec 27, 2024vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W3524.8
Aug 30, 2025vsCCharleston SouthernW45—
Sep 6, 2025@Virginia TechW4438.9
Sep 13, 2025@South CarolinaW3132.2
Sep 20, 2025vsGeorgia StateW7047.5
Sep 27, 2025vsUtah StateW5542.3
Oct 4, 2025@AlabamaL1432.1
Oct 18, 2025vsLSUW3132.0
Oct 25, 2025vsMissouriW1735.6
Nov 1, 2025@TexasL3130.6
Nov 8, 2025vsAuburnW4530.7
Nov 22, 2025vsKentuckyW4536.6
Nov 29, 2025@TennesseeW4537.9
Dec 31, 2025vsIowa (neutral)L2727.6
Sep 5, 2026vsAAustin PeayW28—
Sep 12, 2026vsDelawareW3533.1
Sep 19, 2026vsNC StateW3528.9
Sep 26, 2026@AuburnL1519.6
Oct 3, 2026@GeorgiaL1415.4
Oct 10, 2026vsOle MissL1722.0
Oct 17, 2026vsArkansasL2126.6
Oct 24, 2026@KentuckyL1718.8

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 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 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.
  • Austin Peay 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 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Brian Allen Jr. nor without Brian Allen Jr.: Brian Allen Jr. had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.