Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 6.0 points over at home and 1.2 points over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 39.8 and 32.0, a difference of 7.8.

points a game over expected

A +4.8 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +7.8 difference in points at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 10 times in 100.

The games

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Boise State’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL2725.6
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW3836.9
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW38—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW3231.9
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW3727.5
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3829.8
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW3136.1
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4638.7

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 1.8 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.
  • South Dakota has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.