Putting Up Numbers· college football

Akron’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Akron was 7.4 points under at home and 2.3 points under away in 2026, 2 games against 5. The plain averages are 26.0 and 14.8, a difference of 11.2.

3 games at home is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points a game over expected

A −5.1 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +11.2 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Akron’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 3, 2026@Wake ForestL166.6
Sep 12, 2026vsRRobert MorrisW45—
Sep 19, 2026@MinnesotaL713.4
Sep 26, 2026vsUNLVL1022.8
Oct 3, 2026@Central MichiganL1720.2
Oct 10, 2026vsEastern MichiganL2325.0
Oct 17, 2026@Miami (OH)L1423.3
Oct 24, 2026@Kent StateL2022.0

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.
  • Robert Morris has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.