Putting Up Numbers· college football

Appalachian State’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Appalachian State was 7.3 points under at home and 3.3 points over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 29.5 and 24.0, a difference of 5.5. Expected was 7.7 points higher at home than away.

points a game over expected

A −10.7 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +5.5 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Appalachian State’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsMaineW55—
Sep 12, 2026@East CarolinaW2719.9
Sep 19, 2026vsCharlotteW2632.4
Sep 26, 2026@NC StateL3120.2
Oct 10, 2026vsOld DominionL333.2
Oct 16, 2026@Coastal CarolinaW3517.9
Oct 22, 2026vsJames MadisonW3419.4
Oct 31, 2026@Georgia SouthernL324.7

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