Wk 7 · 2026
Kent State Golden Flashes at South Florida Bulls — Sat, Oct 17
Sat, Oct 17 ·
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
· ESPN+
Weather at kickoff
76°F light drizzle
23% chance of precipitation · wind 3 mph
Forecast from Open-Meteo
MAC · 2-4
at
7:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential USF by 23.2
American · 4-2
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Kent State form
L 7-38at WMUL 10-13vs OHIOW 26-13vs BALLL 3-59at OSUW 36-15vs WOF
2026 season
South Florida form
L 24-31at UTSAL 13-17vs TEMW 14-6at BGSUW 59-17vs DSUW 28-24at ARMY
2026 season
Kent State this season
Straight up2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Against the spread3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Over / under4-2 · 67% (6 games)
South Florida this season
Straight up4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Against the spread2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Over / under3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 1
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Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Kent State leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Dru DeShields QB #12 | 70/120, 757 YDS, 3 TD, 5 INT |
| Da'Realyst Clark WR #8 | 1/1, 29 YDS | |
| Rushing | Dru DeShields QB #12 | 39 CAR, 183 YDS, 3 TD |
| Mason King RB #0 | 39 CAR, 166 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Brandon White RB #22 | 40 CAR, 126 YDS | |
| Receiving | Da'Realyst Clark WR #8 | 19 REC, 246 YDS, 1 TD |
| Wayne Harris WR #6 | 16 REC, 204 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Ardell Banks WR #1 | 7 REC, 167 YDS | |
| Terik Mulder TE #89 | 6 REC, 61 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Rocco Nicholl LB #4 | 24 |
| Joel Cordoba DB #2 | 24 | |
| A'tiq Muhammad DB #1 | 22 | |
| Sacks | Rocco Nicholl LB #4 | 3 |
| Jaihien Roy DL #33 | 2 | |
| Semaj Bridgeman LB #17 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Norey Johnson DB #18 | 1 |
| Rafael Terrero Jr. LB #20 | 1 | |
| Jaihien Roy DL #33 | 1 |
South Florida leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Michael Van Buren Jr. QB #3 | 93/152, 1073 YDS, 5 TD |
| Luke Kromenhoek QB #17 | 2/4, 21 YDS | |
| Rushing | D.J. Crowther RB #5 | 94 CAR, 476 YDS, 7 TD |
| Jason Collins Jr. RB #2 | 41 CAR, 189 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Michael Van Buren Jr. QB #3 | 39 CAR, 95 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Bryson Rodgers WR #1 | 27 REC, 312 YDS, 2 TD |
| Joshua Porter WR #80 | 20 REC, 254 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Cameron Seldon WR #0 | 8 REC, 116 YDS | |
| Arhmad Branch WR #4 | 11 REC, 108 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Ayden Jackson DB #5 | 37 |
| Tavin Ward S #2 | 32 | |
| Zavier Hamilton LB #25 | 30 | |
| Sacks | Michael Williams II DE #4 | 2.5 |
| Asani Redwood DT #11 | 2 | |
| Tayvion Beasley DB #15 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Tayvion Beasley DB #15 | 1 |
| Tavin Ward S #2 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.