Putting Up Numbers· college football

Virginia’s points allowed with Solomon Beebe and without Solomon Beebe

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia was 4.3 points over with Solomon Beebe and 4.8 points under without Solomon Beebe in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 29.5 and 18.0, a difference of 11.5. Both ranked opponents were with Solomon Beebe. Both games while ranked were without Solomon Beebe. All 3 nonconference games were without Solomon Beebe.

Solomon Beebe, running back: 9 rushing yards, 4 carries and 5 receptions in 3 games this season.

points allowed a game over expected

A +9.1 difference in points allowed over expected with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.

A +11.5 difference in points allowed with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Solomon Beebewithout Solomon Beebe
Virginia’s games, 2026, each marked with Solomon Beebe or without Solomon Beebe
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Aug 29, 2026vsNC StateW824.3
Sep 11, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW3—
Sep 19, 2026vsWest Virginia (neutral)L3828.7
Sep 26, 2026vsDelawareW324.6
Oct 3, 2026@Florida StateL3828.6
Oct 10, 2026vsSyracuseW2522.1
Oct 17, 2026@SMUL2328.2
Oct 23, 2026vsDukeL1922.9
Oct 31, 2026@Wake ForestL5127.7

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, 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.
  • Norfolk State 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 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.