Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Monroe’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Louisiana Monroe was 13.3 points under at home and 5.1 points over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 18.3 and 22.3, a difference of 4.0. Expected was 8.8 points higher at home than away. Both night games were away.

points a game over expected

A −18.4 difference in points over expected at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 3 times in 100.

A −4.0 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Louisiana Monroe’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL1311.4
Sep 12, 2026@UABL2017.2
Sep 19, 2026vsSS E LouisianaL35—
Sep 26, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticL1730.5
Oct 3, 2026@South AlabamaL3522.4
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisiana TechL018.8
Oct 24, 2026@TroyW2117.7
Oct 31, 2026vsSouthern MissL2128.6

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