Iowa State’s points at home and away
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 12.1 points over at home and 14.9 points under away in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 41.2 and 8.7, a difference of 32.5. All 3 unranked opponents were at home.
3 games away 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
at home
+12.1
away
−14.9
-20020
A +27.0 difference in points over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 8 times in 100.
plain
41.2
8.7
2040
A +32.5 difference in points at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 8 times in 100.
The games
at homeaway
| Side | Date | Game | Result | points | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsSSoutheast Missouri State | W | 38 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Iowa | L | 13 | 20.2 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Bowling Green | W | 55 | 32.9 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Utah | L | 17 | 25.0 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs West Virginia | W | 45 | 34.5 | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | @ BYU | L | 10 | 23.5 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Arizona | L | 3 | 26.9 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Oklahoma State | W | 51 | 27.1 |
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 1.8 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.
- Southeast Missouri State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.