Putting Up Numbers· college football

Navy’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Navy was 9.2 points over at home and 4.5 points under away in 2026, 2 games against 4. The plain averages are 38.3 and 23.3, a difference of 15.1. Both night games were away.

3 games at home 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 +13.7 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +15.1 difference in points at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 13 times in 100.

The games

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Navy’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsTTowsonW42—
Sep 12, 2026@Florida AtlanticL3033.6
Sep 25, 2026@UABL2027.2
Oct 3, 2026@Air ForceL928.9
Oct 10, 2026vsTulsaW3424.3
Oct 17, 2026@UTSAL3421.5
Oct 24, 2026vsNorth TexasL3930.3
Oct 31, 2026vsNotre Dame (neutral)L1315.0

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