Daily Blog • August 7-8, 2010

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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