Putting Up Numbers· college football

Ohio’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Ohio was 1.8 points over at home and 1.5 points under away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 29.8 and 29.2, a difference of 0.6.

points a game over expected

A +3.3 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +0.6 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Ohio’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@NebraskaL2114.3
Sep 12, 2026vsJacksonville StateW2922.5
Sep 19, 2026@South AlabamaL3628.7
Sep 26, 2026vsSStonehillW35—
Oct 3, 2026@Kent StateW1329.7
Oct 10, 2026vsCentral MichiganW3124.3
Oct 17, 2026@SSacramento StateW48—
Oct 24, 2026vsEastern MichiganW2431.8
Nov 3, 2026@AkronW2831.1

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.
  • Stonehill, Sacramento State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.