Arizona’s points at home and away
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Arizona was 2.0 points over at home and 3.5 points over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 37.5 and 32.3, a difference of 5.3. Expected was 7.5 points higher at home than away. All 3 night games were at home. Both ranked opponents were away.
points a game over expected
at home
+2.0
away
+3.5
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A −1.5 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.
plain
37.5
32.3
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A +5.3 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.
The games
at homeaway
| Side | Date | Game | Result | points | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Northern Arizona | W | 35 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ BYU | L | 17 | 24.4 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Northern Illinois | W | 42 | 44.4 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Washington State | W | 34 | 31.0 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Cincinnati | W | 34 | 34.8 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ West Virginia | W | 52 | 32.1 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Iowa State | W | 39 | 29.7 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Texas Tech | L | 26 | 27.6 |
Method
- 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.
- Northern Arizona has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.