The eye test passed.

Expectations: met, probably exceeded.

The first five games as a starter for Tua Tagovailoa have almost been casual as Alabama heads back into SEC play this week.

The sophomore is completing exactly 75 percent of his passes, has the nation's best quarterback rating and the second-most yards per attempt. Granted, he hasn't faced a defense ranked higher than Texas A&M at No. 56, but he's done pretty much everything asked.

Perhaps most important: Zero interceptions to 14 touchdowns. Only one of his 88 passes came close to a turnover early in the Arkansas State game Week 2.

A deeper look at Tagovailoa's numbers shows a little more about what he's done in five games this season. The advanced numbers at cfbstats.com help tell the story.

-- Tagovailoa's thrown just 19 passes after halftime this season. None in the fourth quarter.

His numbers by quarter:

Quarter Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TDs Rating 1st 30 42 71.4 596 8 253.5 2nd 24 27 88.9 337 4 242.6 3rd 12 19 63.2 228 2 198.7 4th 0 0 0 0 0 0

-- Take note of the second quarter. He's thrown just three incomplete passes in 27 attempts. Nine of those throws went 15-plus yards and four covered 25 or more.

-- Of Tagovailoa's 88 throws, 45 went for first downs. That's more than 51 percent of the attempts and 68 percent of the completions.

-- In the first quarter, 22 of his 30 completions got first downs. That's 73.3 percent.

His numbers by down:

Down Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TDs Rating 1st 23 39 59.0 417 3 174.2 2nd 25 28 89.3 352 4 242.0 3rd 18 21 85.7 392 7 352.5

-- Take a look at third down first. He's thrown three incomplete passes in 21 attempts.

-- Half of his touchdowns (7 of 14) came on third downs. He converted 15 of the third downs in which he threw the ball.

-- Third and long can be tricky. He's 9-for-11 for 151 yards and three touchdowns on 3rd-and-10 or longer.

-- And of the three downs, Tagovailoa's best QB rating comes on third (352.5).

-- Second down is actually his most accurate scenario. He's hitting 89 percent there with three incompletions in 28 attempts.

His numbers by field position:

Field pos. Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TDs Rating Inside own 20 5 7 71.4 41 0 120.6 Own 21-39 15 25 60.0 308 1 176.7 Own 40-40 21 23 91.3 514 3 322.1 Opp. 39-21 15 20 75.0 189 4 220.4 Red zone 10 13 76.9 109 6 299.7

-- Tagovailoa is most lethal between the 40s. Only two incomplete passes in 21 attempts (the most of the five zones) with a 322.1 QB rating.

-- Of his 21 completions between the 40s, first downs came on 17. That's 81 percent.

-- Plays of 15-plus yards came on 62 percent of his completions between the 40s.

-- A 299.6 QB rating in the red zone is also solid with touchdowns on 6 of 10 completions inside the oppositions' 20.

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.