| Daily Blog • August 7-8, 2010 |
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The last two days I have gone over how all 120 teams have fared at home this decade and how they have fared on the road. Here are the results for all 120 teams combined.
120 FBS Home team records: 4593-2651 (63.4%)
120 FBS Away team records: 2602-3957 (39.7%)
That means that on the average teams in the FBS (1A) have a home winning % that is 23.7% greater than their away winning percentage. Now you guys know me by now. I cant leave things go at just that without having a few more questions answered. I wonder which teams play at a much higher level at home than they do on the road. This would be answered by taking the home winning % and subtracting the road %. Also which teams are true road warriors almost playing as well on the road as they do at home? Here are the results for all 120 teams for their home and away records this decades. I ranked them in order of biggest disparity between home and away % to the lowest.
Home/Away Differences
Rk |
School | Home % |
Away % |
Difference |
Rk |
School | Home % |
Away % |
Difference |
1 |
Troy | 89.13% |
39.13% |
50.00% |
61 |
Southern Miss | 70.91% |
48.39% |
22.52% |
2 |
Arkansas St | 62.26% |
17.46% |
44.80% |
62 |
Louisiana | 48.15% |
25.81% |
22.34% |
3 |
Louisiana Tech | 67.35% |
24.64% |
42.71% |
63 |
California | 67.21% |
45.45% |
21.76% |
4 |
Marshall | 74.14% |
33.33% |
40.80% |
64 |
Michigan St | 59.70% |
38.00% |
21.70% |
5 |
Kansas St | 72.46% |
32.61% |
39.86% |
65 |
FIU | 39.02% |
17.39% |
21.63% |
6 |
Kansas | 63.08% |
25.53% |
37.55% |
66 |
Central Michigan | 59.62% |
38.10% |
21.52% |
7 |
Texas Tech | 82.81% |
47.17% |
35.64% |
67 |
ULM | 44.00% |
22.73% |
21.27% |
8 |
Toledo | 77.59% |
43.10% |
34.48% |
68 |
Illinois | 50.00% |
29.17% |
20.83% |
9 |
Utah St | 46.94% |
13.64% |
33.30% |
69 |
NC State | 60.29% |
39.58% |
20.71% |
10 |
Iowa | 78.46% |
46.00% |
32.46% |
70 |
TCU | 87.93% |
67.24% |
20.69% |
11 |
Iowa St | 59.38% |
26.92% |
32.45% |
71 |
Alabama | 70.42% |
50.00% |
20.42% |
12 |
USF | 78.33% |
46.30% |
32.04% |
72 |
LSU | 84.51% |
64.44% |
20.06% |
13 |
Virginia | 67.19% |
35.19% |
32.00% |
73 |
Colorado St | 60.00% |
40.00% |
20.00% |
14 |
Arkansas | 70.83% |
39.53% |
31.30% |
74 |
Ohio | 53.85% |
34.38% |
19.47% |
15 |
Middle Tennessee | 66.67% |
35.94% |
30.73% |
75 |
Wisconsin | 75.36% |
56.00% |
19.36% |
16 |
Penn St | 75.36% |
44.68% |
30.68% |
76 |
San Diego St | 42.11% |
22.95% |
19.15% |
17 |
Indiana | 47.62% |
16.98% |
30.64% |
77 |
Tulsa | 58.33% |
39.34% |
18.99% |
18 |
Northern Illinois | 73.68% |
43.10% |
30.58% |
78 |
Utah | 77.59% |
58.93% |
18.66% |
19 |
San Jose St | 55.77% |
25.37% |
30.40% |
79 |
UNLV | 44.07% |
25.42% |
18.64% |
20 |
Rice | 56.00% |
25.81% |
30.19% |
80 |
Kentucky | 47.76% |
29.17% |
18.59% |
21 |
Hawaii | 72.84% |
42.86% |
29.98% |
81 |
Memphis | 52.38% |
33.96% |
18.42% |
22 |
Nebraska | 78.87% |
48.94% |
29.94% |
82 |
Miss St | 42.86% |
24.53% |
18.33% |
23 |
Syracuse | 52.38% |
22.64% |
29.74% |
83 |
Oregon | 79.69% |
61.54% |
18.15% |
24 |
Nevada | 63.79% |
34.43% |
29.37% |
84 |
Florida | 86.15% |
68.29% |
17.86% |
25 |
Akron | 58.82% |
29.69% |
29.14% |
85 |
Air Force | 63.93% |
46.30% |
17.64% |
25 |
Maryland | 70.31% |
41.18% |
29.14% |
86 |
Boise St | 96.92% |
79.31% |
17.61% |
27 |
Oregon St | 77.05% |
48.21% |
28.83% |
87 |
North Texas | 45.10% |
27.69% |
17.41% |
28 |
Western Michigan | 64.15% |
35.48% |
28.67% |
88 |
North Carolina | 52.38% |
35.19% |
17.20% |
29 |
SMU | 42.37% |
13.79% |
28.58% |
89 |
East Carolina | 57.14% |
40.00% |
17.14% |
30 |
UTEP | 55.17% |
26.67% |
28.51% |
90 |
Pittsburgh | 68.75% |
51.92% |
16.83% |
31 |
Mississippi | 62.69% |
34.69% |
27.99% |
91 |
West Virginia | 76.92% |
60.78% |
16.14% |
32 |
Cincinnati | 77.97% |
50.00% |
27.97% |
92 |
Temple | 37.50% |
22.03% |
15.47% |
33 |
Arizona St | 65.67% |
38.00% |
27.67% |
93 |
Florida Atlantic | 53.49% |
38.18% |
15.31% |
34 |
Wyoming | 48.28% |
20.69% |
27.59% |
94 |
New Mexico | 56.45% |
41.38% |
15.07% |
35 |
UCF | 62.07% |
35.00% |
27.07% |
95 |
Stanford | 48.33% |
33.33% |
15.00% |
36 |
UCLA | 67.74% |
40.74% |
27.00% |
96 |
Florida St | 72.58% |
57.69% |
14.89% |
37 |
Houston | 63.79% |
36.84% |
26.95% |
97 |
Kent St | 41.51% |
27.42% |
14.09% |
38 |
UAB | 56.60% |
30.16% |
26.45% |
98 |
Virginia Tech | 85.07% |
71.43% |
13.65% |
39 |
New Mexico St | 44.64% |
18.75% |
25.89% |
99 |
Northwestern | 58.06% |
44.44% |
13.62% |
40 |
Baylor | 41.27% |
15.38% |
25.89% |
100 |
Rutgers | 52.31% |
39.22% |
13.09% |
41 |
Tulane | 48.28% |
22.41% |
25.86% |
101 |
Army | 29.09% |
16.00% |
13.09% |
42 |
Boston College | 79.69% |
53.85% |
25.84% |
102 |
Tennessee | 73.91% |
60.87% |
13.04% |
43 |
Eastern Michigan | 37.25% |
11.48% |
25.78% |
103 |
Miami, Fl | 80.95% |
67.92% |
13.03% |
44 |
Purdue | 66.67% |
41.18% |
25.49% |
104 |
Buffalo | 31.48% |
19.35% |
12.13% |
45 |
Oklahoma St | 66.15% |
41.18% |
24.98% |
105 |
BYU | 71.67% |
59.65% |
12.02% |
46 |
Washington | 52.31% |
27.45% |
24.86% |
106 |
Bowling Green | 65.38% |
53.97% |
11.42% |
47 |
Colorado | 59.32% |
34.69% |
24.63% |
107 |
Miami, Oh | 56.00% |
44.78% |
11.22% |
48 |
Auburn | 79.17% |
54.55% |
24.62% |
108 |
Ohio St | 86.96% |
76.09% |
10.87% |
49 |
South Carolina | 66.18% |
41.67% |
24.51% |
109 |
Arizona | 46.15% |
35.29% |
10.86% |
50 |
Fresno St | 76.79% |
52.31% |
24.48% |
110 |
Notre Dame | 61.90% |
51.06% |
10.84% |
51 |
Minnesota | 61.54% |
37.25% |
24.28% |
111 |
Wake Forest | 53.97% |
43.40% |
10.57% |
52 |
Missouri | 65.57% |
41.30% |
24.27% |
112 |
Georgia Tech | 69.84% |
60.38% |
9.46% |
53 |
Connecticut | 62.30% |
38.18% |
24.11% |
113 |
Navy | 55.56% |
46.67% |
8.89% |
54 |
Texas A&M | 63.64% |
39.58% |
24.05% |
114 |
USC | 83.61% |
75.00% |
8.61% |
55 |
Michigan | 76.81% |
53.19% |
23.62% |
115 |
Vanderbilt | 32.81% |
25.00% |
7.81% |
56 |
Clemson | 74.63% |
51.06% |
23.56% |
116 |
Duke | 20.00% |
12.50% |
7.50% |
57 |
Louisville | 79.03% |
55.56% |
23.48% |
117 |
Washington St | 50.00% |
43.40% |
6.60% |
58 |
WKU | 68.33% |
45.16% |
23.17% |
118 |
Ball St | 47.17% |
42.19% |
4.98% |
59 |
Idaho | 39.58% |
16.42% |
23.17% |
119 |
Texas | 93.33% |
88.64% |
4.70% |
60 |
Oklahoma | 96.83% |
73.81% |
23.02% |
120 |
Georgia | 80.95% |
81.40% |
-0.44% |
Troy St wins 89% of its home games and only 39% of the time on the road. That makes playing in Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium a tough test. Of course Troy does play a lot of BCS non conference teams on the road and hosts some FCS or 1AA teams as well as the Sun Belt so that has something to do with the difference. I would expect the majority of the top 25 to be made up of non BCS schools who must take on the big boys away from home in money games. There are some surprising BCS conference schools in the Top 20 and most of those teams are ones that I equate as having solid home field edges and this bears that out. Kansas St wins 72.5% of its games at home but only 32.6% of the time on the road and their 39.9% difference is 5th highest in the NCAA. Kansas wins 63% of their games at home and just 26% on the road. Penn St and Iowa have two of the tougher home stadiums and both are in the top 20 in terms of disparity between home and away records.
I have to admit before I produced the chart my first question was is there a team or teams in the NCAA that has a higher winning % on the road than they do at home? The answer is yes. Georgia has actually won 81.4% of their true away games while winning just 80.95% between the Hedges. Teams that perform almost as well on the road as they do at home are Texas, Ball St, Wash St, Duke, Vanderbilt, USC, Navy, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Notre Dame. Check the chart above for the exact percentages.
This is a category that I will factor into my home field edges for next season. This also has me thinking of providing a road rating for each team in next years magazine! In an upcoming blog I will provide the data that went into my home field rankings for this year.
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