Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Jose State’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Jose State was 6.4 points under at home and 0.5 points under away in 2026, 3 games against 5. The plain averages are 17.3 and 22.0, a difference of 4.8.

points a game over expected

A −5.9 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −4.8 difference in points at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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San Jose State’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Aug 29, 2026@USCL2614.3
Sep 4, 2026@Eastern MichiganW2724.9
Sep 12, 2026vsCCal PolyW30—
Sep 19, 2026vsFresno StateL1020.6
Oct 3, 2026@HawaiiW2021.4
Oct 9, 2026vsWyomingL1321.8
Oct 17, 2026@UTEPW2431.5
Oct 24, 2026@NevadaL1320.3
Oct 31, 2026vsNew MexicoL1615.9

Method

Read against .

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