Putting Up Numbers· college football

Delaware’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Delaware was 5.9 points over at home and 3.8 points under away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 34.8 and 23.5, a difference of 11.3.

points a game over expected

A +9.7 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +11.3 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Delaware’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 3, 2026vsMMerrimackW42—
Sep 12, 2026@VanderbiltL2623.5
Sep 19, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaW2229.0
Sep 26, 2026@VirginiaL324.6
Oct 2, 2026vsLibertyL1422.4
Oct 13, 2026@Middle TennesseeL3030.9
Oct 20, 2026vsMissouri StateW6128.0
Oct 27, 2026@Western KentuckyW3530.2

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