Old Dominion

Home-field advantage · Old Dominion · 2018–present · FBS opponents

Old Dominion is worth +2.9 points more at home than on the road.

Bottom third of FBS, 27th percentile of 133 programs

46% at home, 28% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (17–20 home, 12–31 away). Interval ±3.8.

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Old Dominion has beaten the number by −1.2 more at home than away over 73 games — inside the ±7.9 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.

S.B. Ballard Stadium seats 20,118 and has averaged 96% full (19,286, 24 games reported). Visitors cover a median 351 miles to get here since 2018 — 51st-shortest of 135 FBS venues, inside the ordinary range. 17% of the 2026 roster (24 of 143 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.

Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 43 home games since 2018.