Daily Blog •August 10, 2011

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.

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