Putting Up Numbers· college football

UTSA’s total yards at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UTSA was 92.0 yards over at home and 51.1 yards under away over its last 25 games, 11 games against 11. The plain averages are 500.9 and 349.0, a difference of 151.9. All 3 ranked opponents were away. Both opponents outside the major colleges were at home.

UTSA’s +143.1 at home vs away over expected ranks 2nd of the 136 teams with 4 games on each side over their last 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +143.1 difference in total yards over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +151.9 difference in total yards 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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UTSA’s games, last 25 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 15, 2024vsNorth TexasW682465.0
Nov 22, 2024vsTempleW530432.1
Nov 30, 2024@ArmyL326355.7
Dec 23, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW513446.9
Aug 30, 2025@Texas A&ML373307.0
Sep 6, 2025vsTexas StateL497439.4
Sep 13, 2025vsIIncarnate WordW442—
Sep 20, 2025@Colorado StateW346474.8
Oct 4, 2025@TempleL304451.7
Oct 11, 2025vsRiceW440414.6
Oct 18, 2025@North TexasL331453.1
Oct 30, 2025vsTulaneW535370.9
Nov 6, 2025@South FloridaL381399.3
Nov 15, 2025@CharlotteW522462.8
Nov 22, 2025vsEast CarolinaW458397.2
Nov 29, 2025vsArmyL386344.0
Dec 26, 2025vsFlorida International (neutral)W482434.5
Sep 5, 2026vsUUT Rio Grande ValleyW528—
Sep 12, 2026@Texas StateW398396.6
Sep 19, 2026@TexasL143271.8
Sep 26, 2026vsColorado StateW545501.8
Oct 3, 2026@RiceW317424.0
Oct 8, 2026vsSouth FloridaW487355.1
Oct 17, 2026vsNavyW469362.6
Oct 24, 2026@TulaneW398404.2

Method

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  • 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 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% 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.
  • Incarnate Word, UT Rio Grande Valley have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.