Daily Blog •August 10, 2011	Blog Archives

In yesterday's blog I took a look at home records from the past decade and today I will look at how team's have performed on the road the past decade. Here are the away records for all 120 teams the past 10 years.

Away Records 2001-2010

Rank	Team	Win	Loss	Total	%
1	Texas	38	5	43	88.37%
2	Boise St	46	11	57	80.70%
3	Georgia	34	10	44	77.27%
4	USC	45	14	59	76.27%
5	Ohio St	34	11	45	75.56%
6	Virginia Tech	35	13	48	72.92%
7	Oklahoma	30	13	43	69.77%
8	TCU	40	18	58	68.97%
9	Florida	28	13	41	68.29%
10	LSU	30	15	45	66.67%
10	Miami	36	18	54	66.67%
12	Oregon	35	18	53	66.04%
13	West Virginia	32	20	52	61.54%
14	Utah	35	22	57	61.40%
15	Auburn	26	18	44	59.09%
16	Tennessee	27	19	46	58.70%
17	Boston College	30	22	52	57.69%
18	BYU	33	25	58	56.90%
19	Alabama	25	19	44	56.82%
20	Wisconsin	28	22	50	56.00%
21	Florida St	29	23	52	55.77%
22	Georgia Tech	30	24	54	55.56%
23	Michigan	26	21	47	55.32%
24	Fresno St	35	29	64	54.69%
25	Louisville	30	25	55	54.55%
26	Bowling Green	34	30	64	53.13%
27	Pittsburgh	28	25	53	52.83%
28	Navy	24	22	46	52.17%
29	Nebraska	24	23	47	51.06%
30	USF	27	27	54	50.00%
30	Cincinnati	29	29	58	50.00%
30	Notre Dame	23	23	46	50.00%
33	Oklahoma St	25	26	51	49.02%
33	Hawaii	25	26	51	49.02%
35	Texas Tech	26	28	54	48.15%
36	Iowa	24	26	50	48.00%
37	Southern Miss	29	32	61	47.54%
38	Northern Illinois	28	31	59	47.46%
39	California	25	29	54	46.30%
40	Miami, Ohio	31	36	67	46.27%
41	Clemson	22	26	48	45.83%
42	Penn St	21	25	46	45.65%
43	Northwestern	25	30	55	45.45%
43	Air Force	25	30	55	45.45%
45	Missouri	20	25	45	44.44%
46	Arkansas	19	24	43	44.19%
47	South Carolina	21	27	48	43.75%
48	Maryland	22	29	51	43.14%
49	Michigan St	21	28	49	42.86%
49	Oregon St	24	32	56	42.86%
51	Wake Forest	23	31	54	42.59%
52	Toledo	25	34	59	42.37%
53	Tulsa	26	36	62	41.94%
54	Nevada	25	35	60	41.67%
55	NC State	20	29	49	40.82%
56	Ball St	26	38	64	40.63%
56	WKU	26	38	64	40.63%
58	Texas A&M	19	28	47	40.43%
59	UCLA	22	34	56	39.29%
59	Houston	22	34	56	39.29%
61	Purdue	20	31	51	39.22%
61	Rutgers	20	31	51	39.22%
63	Central Michigan	25	39	64	39.06%
63	Middle Tennessee	25	39	64	39.06%
65	Washington St	21	33	54	38.89%
66	Florida Atlantic	25	40	65	38.46%
67	UCF	23	37	60	38.33%
68	Stanford	21	34	55	38.18%
68	Connecticut	21	34	55	38.18%
70	New Mexico	22	36	58	37.93%
71	East Carolina	23	38	61	37.70%
72	Minnesota	19	32	51	37.25%
73	North Carolina	20	34	54	37.04%
74	Troy	25	44	69	36.23%
75	Arizona St	18	33	51	35.29%
75	Arizona	18	33	51	35.29%
77	Western Michigan	21	40	61	34.43%
78	Ohio	22	42	64	34.38%
79	Colorado St	19	37	56	33.93%
80	Mississippi	16	34	50	32.00%
81	Marshall	19	41	60	31.67%
82	Virginia	17	37	54	31.48%
83	Kentucky	15	33	48	31.25%
84	North Texas	20	45	65	30.77%
85	Colorado	15	35	50	30.00%
86	Illinois	14	33	47	29.79%
86	Kansas St	14	33	47	29.79%
88	Memphis	16	38	54	29.63%
89	Rice	17	44	61	27.87%
90	Syracuse	15	39	54	27.78%
91	Kent St	17	45	62	27.42%
92	Louisiana Tech	18	48	66	27.27%
93	Louisiana	17	46	63	26.98%
94	UAB	17	47	64	26.56%
95	Army	13	37	50	26.00%
96	Mississippi St	13	39	52	25.00%
96	Washington	13	39	52	25.00%
98	Akron	16	49	65	24.62%
99	Kansas	11	35	46	23.91%
100	ULM	16	51	67	23.88%
101	UTEP	14	45	59	23.73%
102	Temple	14	46	60	23.33%
103	Vanderbilt	12	40	52	23.08%
104	San Diego St	14	47	61	22.95%
105	Tulane	13	44	57	22.81%
106	Wyoming	13	45	58	22.41%
107	UNLV	13	46	59	22.03%
108	Iowa St	11	40	51	21.57%
109	Buffalo	13	49	62	20.97%
110	Indiana	11	42	53	20.75%
110	FIU	11	42	53	20.75%
112	San Jose St	13	54	67	19.40%
113	Baylor	10	42	52	19.23%
114	Arkansas St	12	52	64	18.75%
115	SMU	11	48	59	18.64%
116	New Mexico St	11	53	64	17.19%
117	Idaho	11	56	67	16.42%
118	Duke	8	47	55	14.55%
119	Eastern Michigan	9	54	63	14.29%
120	Utah St	8	58	66	12.12%
	Totals	2642	3959	6601	40.02%

The king of the road warriors is Texas which is 39-5 on the road this decade. I know that Mark Richt has a great record in opposing home stadiums and this is shown by Georgia's 34-10 record on the road this decade. The usual suspects are at the top with Oklahoma, Boise St, Ohio St, USC, Virginia Tech, Miami Fl, LSU, TCU, Florida and Oregon all winning over 64% of the time on the road.

Yesterday I pointed out that the average home winning percentage for all 120 FBS teams was 63.2% (4625-2690). The 120 teams are a combined 2642-3959 on the road or just 40.02%. Yes, those numbers add up to more than 100% but that is because wins at home and on the road vs FCS teams (1AA) only count in the win column and not in the loss column.

Yesterday I pointed out that just 23 teams had a losing record at home this decade. The numbers are similar on the road with just 29 teams able to post winning records away from home this decade. Those 29 teams basically looks like a listing of the whose who in college football but there are a few surprises. Bowling Green and Louisville are not known as being powerhouses but make that list.

The teams at the bottom of the list are the usual suspects with Utah St taking the title for worst road record of the decade. The only teams that have been regularly in the postseason as of late that are in the bottom third are Kansas (23.9%) and Kentucky (31.3%).

Yesterday I took at look at home teams and the amount of wins they had as compared to the amount of times they were expected to lose (underdog). Today I look at road teams and the amount of wins they had as opposed to the amount of times they were expected to win on the road. First let me take a look at which teams have been favored the most on the road this decade. The winner is USC at 51 times or about 5 times a year. They have been favored in 51 of their 59 road games. Here is the top ten. 1. USC (51) 2. Boise St (46) 3. Texas (39) Tied at 4. Miami, Fl (38) and Utah (38) Tied at 6. Ohio State (37) and TCU (37) Tied at 8. Virginia Tech (36) and Oklahoma (36) 10. Florida St (35)

Buffalo from 2000-2008 had never been favored or expected to win a road game but in ‘09 were favored in two games. The others that have been favored on the road 4 times or less are Duke (1), Eastern Michigan (2) and Army (4). WKU has not been favored in any road game but has not had lined games for a full decade.

Here are the teams that have underperformed on the road this decade. Kansas St has been favored to win 23 games on the road this decade but has only won 14 of them for -9. There are 6 teams that have won 5 or fewer times than they have been favored this decade. I will list them in order and the number in parenthesis is the amount of times they have been favored minus the amount of actual road wins. Kansas St (9), USC (6), Oklahoma (6), Florida St (6), Nebraska (6), Michigan (5).

Now lets look at the teams that outperform expectations on the road. The team that has done the best is Ball St as they have been expected (favorite) to win just 13 road games but they have actually won 26 games on the road or +13. Here are the other teams that do better than expected on the road…Buffalo +11, Navy +11, ULM +10, Army +9 and Northwestern +9. I find it interesting that Notre Dame has only been expected to win 14 times on the road this decade yet are 23-23.

In an upcoming blog, I take a look at the biggest disparities between home and away records this decade.

Only 22 Days Until the First College Football Game!!!