Western Kentucky’s points at home and away
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Western Kentucky was 1.2 points under at home and 4.2 points under away in 2026, 2 games against 5. The plain averages are 35.7 and 12.6, a difference of 23.1. All 4 day games were away. Both ranked opponents were away. Both top-10 opponents were away.
3 games at home 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
−1.2
away
−4.2
-10010
A +3.0 difference in points over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.
plain
35.7
12.6
02040
A +23.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Nevada | L | 14 | 20.4 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Georgia | L | 20 | 5.6 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Indiana | L | 0 | 8.9 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vsMMercyhurst | W | 52 | — | |
| Oct 1, 2026 | @ New Mexico State | L | 13 | 25.2 | |
| Oct 8, 2026 | vs Missouri State | W | 34 | 28.9 | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | @ Sam Houston | W | 16 | 23.7 | |
| Oct 27, 2026 | vs Delaware | L | 21 | 28.5 |
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 1.9 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.
- Mercyhurst has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.