Virginia’s points at home and away
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia was 6.5 points over at home and 12.1 points under away in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 35.8 and 9.0, a difference of 26.8. All 4 night games were at home. Both ranked opponents were away. Both nonconference games were at home.
3 games away 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
at home
+6.5
away
−12.1
-10010
A +18.6 difference in points over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 6 times in 100.
plain
35.8
9.0
2040
A +26.8 difference in points at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 4 times in 100.
The games
at homeaway
| Side | Date | Game | Result | points | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | vs NC State | W | 34 | 24.7 | |
| Sep 11, 2026 | vsNNorfolk State | W | 59 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs West Virginia (neutral) | L | 27 | 29.1 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Delaware | W | 42 | 26.8 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Florida State | L | 7 | 25.6 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Syracuse | W | 28 | 24.3 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ SMU | L | 13 | 21.8 | |
| Oct 23, 2026 | vs Duke | L | 16 | 18.1 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Wake Forest | L | 7 | 15.8 |
Method
- 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.
- Norfolk State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.