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re: Biggest home field advantage in SEC
Posted on 1/23/24 at 9:45 am to AUTiger789
Posted on 1/23/24 at 9:45 am to AUTiger789
quote:playing 1 v playing 25 is a huge discrepancy. Is this ranked at time of game or end of season? Also a huge discrepancy. Seems like a delta vs spread home vs away would be a better indicator of home field advantage. Haven’t really thought through it though.
Looking at games against ranked opponents only… comparing home winning % to road winning % and taking the difference… since the 1980s
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Posted on 1/23/24 at 9:53 am to WDE24
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Seems like a delta vs spread home vs away would be a better indicator of home field advantage.
Except that home field advantage is considered when setting the spread.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:10 am to WDE24
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playing 1 v playing 25 is a huge discrepancy.
You are correct, but if you look at just win% against Top 10 teams, LSU is still #1 in advantage and Auburn is #2 since 2000. Same top two as Top 25 advantage.
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. Is this ranked at time of game or end of season?
End of season. At time of game is not an accurate measurement because a lot of Preseason Top 25 teams were never really close to being a true Top 25 team.
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Seems like a delta vs spread home vs away would be a better indicator of home field advantage.
You are absolutely correct on this, but finding historical games spreads is a difficult task. And even if I did have access to them it would be very time consuming to figure.
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