Putting Up Numbers· college football

Washington’s points allowed with Demond Williams Jr. and without Demond Williams Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Washington was 0.0 points over with Demond Williams Jr. and 0.3 points under without Demond Williams Jr. over its last 25 games, 18 games against 5. The plain averages are 21.0 and 26.2, a difference of 5.3. Both neutral-site games were with Demond Williams Jr.. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Demond Williams Jr.. All 3 games while ranked were with Demond Williams Jr..

Demond Williams Jr., quarterback: 5,262 passing yards, 611 pass attempts and 425 completions in 24 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A +0.3 difference in points allowed over expected with Demond Williams Jr. vs without Demond Williams Jr. is about what you’d expect.

A −5.3 difference in points allowed with Demond Williams Jr. vs without Demond Williams Jr. is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Washington’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Demond Williams Jr. or without Demond Williams Jr.
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Penn StateL3530.0
Nov 15, 2024vsUCLAW1919.2
Nov 30, 2024@OregonL4932.0
Dec 31, 2024vsLouisville (neutral)L3529.6
Aug 30, 2025vsColorado StateW2110.2
Sep 6, 2025vsUUC-DavisW10—
Sep 20, 2025@Washington StateW2417.7
Sep 27, 2025vsOhio StateL2426.8
Oct 4, 2025@MarylandW2018.3
Oct 10, 2025vsRutgersW1923.2
Oct 18, 2025@MichiganL2426.4
Oct 25, 2025vsIllinoisW2523.0
Nov 8, 2025@WisconsinL1315.6
Nov 15, 2025vsPurdueW1316.7
Nov 22, 2025@UCLAW1419.9
Nov 29, 2025vsOregonL2631.5
Dec 13, 2025vsBoise State (neutral)W1021.3
Sep 6, 2026vsWashington StateW1017.0
Sep 12, 2026vsUtah StateW1412.8
Sep 19, 2026vsEEastern WashingtonW16—
Sep 26, 2026vsMinnesotaL2717.8
Oct 3, 2026@USCL2532.4
Oct 9, 2026vsIowaL4117.7
Oct 16, 2026@PurdueW2631.2
Oct 31, 2026@NebraskaW1034.3

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 2024, 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 75% in 2024, 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.
  • UC-Davis, Eastern Washington 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 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.
  • 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.