Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kansas’ points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kansas was 7.2 points over at home and 1.0 points under away in 2026, 3 games against 3. The plain averages are 38.0 and 21.3, a difference of 16.7. All 3 nonconference games were at home. All 3 first-half games 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

A +8.2 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +16.7 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Kansas’ games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 4, 2026vsLLong Island UniversityW51—
Sep 11, 2026vsMissouriL2121.0
Sep 19, 2026vsArizona State (neutral)L1735.8
Oct 3, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW5534.1
Oct 10, 2026@UtahL2420.3
Oct 17, 2026@Kansas StateL2428.9
Oct 24, 2026vsBaylorW2524.5
Oct 31, 2026@TCUL1617.8

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