Wk 8 · 2026
Massachusetts Minutemen at UConn Huskies — Fri, Oct 23
Fri, Oct 23 ·
Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CT
· CBSSN
MAC · 4-2
at
7:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential CONN by 15.5
FBS Indep. · 3-3
What is at stake
UConn-UMass. New England's only FBS rivalry — two independents-turned-league-members who have played since 1897 and have nobody else nearby to hate. 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.
UMass form
L 19-20vs M-OHL 14-38vs EMUW 35-6at SACW 36-14vs STOW 37-10vs SHU
2026 season
UConn form
W 34-20at TEML 41-42vs SYRL 21-24at M-OHW 48-20at USML 14-38vs MD
2026 season
UMass this season
Straight up4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Against the spread4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Over / under2-4 · 33% (6 games)
UConn this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread4-2 · 67% (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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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, UConn leads 5–2 · UConn has won the last 3
7 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
10.6 points toward UConn
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-11-30 | UConn 47 — 42 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2023 | 2023-11-25 | UConn 31 — 18 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2022 | 2022-11-04 | UMass 10 — 27 UConn | at CONN | UConn |
| 2021 | 2021-10-09 | UConn 13 — 27 UMass | at MASS | UMass |
| 2019 | 2019-10-26 | UConn 56 — 35 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2018 | 2018-10-27 | UMass 22 — 17 UConn | at CONN | UMass |
| 2012 | 2012-08-30 | UMass 0 — 37 UConn | at CONN | UConn |
UMass leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | William Watson III QB #5 | 74/100, 820 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT |
| Aedan McCarthy QB #13 | 2/4, 11 YDS | |
| Rushing | Curtis Kimmons IV RB #14 | 45 CAR, 262 YDS, 3 TD |
| Elijah Faulkner RB #23 | 52 CAR, 246 YDS | |
| William Watson III QB #5 | 30 CAR, 167 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | T.Y. Harding WR #2 | 19 REC, 236 YDS, 2 TD |
| Jabari Lewis WR #19 | 10 REC, 152 YDS | |
| Joseph Griffin Jr. WR #1 | 8 REC, 134 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Max Dowling TE #11 | 11 REC, 80 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Timmy Hinspeter LB #44 | 40 |
| Tyler Martin LB #5 | 29 | |
| Kendall Bournes S #3 | 29 | |
| Sacks | William DePaepe DL #98 | 2 |
| Joshua Nobles DL #2 | 1.5 | |
| Hollis Dirstine DL #95 | 1.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jahmad Harmon S #22 | 3 |
| Isaiah Reed CB #0 | 1 | |
| Timmy Hinspeter LB #44 | 1 |
UConn leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Kalieb Osborne QB #7 | 81/140, 1164 YDS, 10 TD, 2 INT |
| Tucker McDonald QB #12 | 9/11, 118 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Cyncir Bowers RB #23 | 47 CAR, 349 YDS, 5 TD |
| Kalieb Osborne QB #7 | 53 CAR, 243 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Kenji Christian RB #3 | 37 CAR, 153 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Javon Brown WR #19 | 14 REC, 202 YDS, 2 TD |
| Shamar Porter WR #5 | 9 REC, 196 YDS, 2 TD | |
| JD Willoughby WR #2 | 8 REC, 163 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Ryder Treadway WR #11 | 12 REC, 163 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Hayden Pegg LB #37 | 35 |
| K'Von Sherman LB #0 | 32 | |
| Braedyn Moore DB #4 | 30 | |
| Sacks | K'Von Sherman LB #0 | 3 |
| Joshua Mickens DE #52 | 1 | |
| Anas Luqman DL #15 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Braedyn Moore DB #4 | 1 |
| Anas Luqman DL #15 | 1 | |
| Renick Dorilas DB #6 | 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.