Putting Up Numbers· college football

Oregon State’s carries at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Oregon State was 3.1 carries over at home and 7.2 carries under away over its last 25 games, 11 games against 12. The plain averages are 37.0 and 26.3, a difference of 10.7. Both opponents outside the major colleges were at home.

Oregon State’s +10.3 at home vs away over expected ranks 1st of the 136 teams with 4 games on each side over their last 25 games through Oct 31, 2026.

carries a game over expected

A +10.3 difference in carries over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +10.7 difference in carries at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

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Oregon State’s games, last 25 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultcarriesExpected
Oct 26, 2024@CaliforniaL2737.7
Nov 9, 2024vsSan Jose StateL4540.0
Nov 16, 2024@Air ForceL2437.1
Nov 23, 2024vsWashington StateW4334.9
Nov 29, 2024@Boise StateL1937.0
Aug 30, 2025vsCaliforniaL2635.8
Sep 6, 2025vsFresno StateL3333.3
Sep 13, 2025@Texas TechL2231.1
Sep 20, 2025@OregonL2632.1
Sep 26, 2025vsHoustonL4931.4
Oct 4, 2025@Appalachian StateL2535.4
Oct 11, 2025vsWake ForestL3833.5
Oct 18, 2025vsLafayetteW42—
Nov 1, 2025vsWashington StateW3828.7
Nov 8, 2025vsSam HoustonL4038.4
Nov 15, 2025@TulsaL3538.8
Nov 29, 2025@Washington StateL2929.4
Sep 5, 2026@HoustonL2525.2
Sep 12, 2026vsTexas TechL1930.7
Sep 19, 2026vsMontanaW31—
Sep 26, 2026@UTEPW2234.4
Oct 3, 2026@Colorado StateW3432.7
Oct 10, 2026vsSan Diego StateW4536.0
Oct 17, 2026vsWashington StateW3231.2
Oct 31, 2026@Fresno StateL2831.3

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.1 in 2024, plus 0.3 in 2025, plus 0.6 in 2026 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 73% in 2024, 74% in 2025, 61% in 2026 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.
  • Lafayette, Montana have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Read against the season’s ratings as of Oct 31, 2026; the games are the ones through Oct 31.