Wk 4 · 2026
Mercyhurst Lakers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers — Sat, Sep 26
Sat, Sep 26 ·
Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY
· ESPN+ FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
Mercyhurst Lakers
FCS / Other · 0-3
at
7:00pET
WKU -39.5 · total 58.5 DraftKings opened -38.5 · 1 toward WKU
No ratings differential: Mercyhurst is not in the ratings file.
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.
Mercyhurst form
L 7-52at WKUL 7-70at UNML 14-51at NMSU
2026 season
Western KY form
W 34-13vs MOSTL 13-34at NMSUW 52-7vs MERCL 0-38at IUL 20-70at UGA
2026 season
Mercyhurst this season
Straight up0-3 · 0% (3 games)
Against the spread0-3 · 0% (3 games)
Over / under3-0 · 100% (3 games)
Western KY this season
Straight up2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Against the spread3-3 · 50% (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
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Western KY leads 1–0 · Western KY won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
45.0 points toward Western KY
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-26 | Mercyhurst 7 — 52 Western KY | at WKU | Western KY |
Mercyhurst leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Western KY leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Rodney Tisdale Jr. QB #16 | 79/118, 852 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT |
| Brock Glenn QB #11 | 53/98, 536 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Ajay Allen RB #3 | 72 CAR, 321 YDS, 4 TD |
| Brock Glenn QB #11 | 52 CAR, 268 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Le'Kamren Meadows RB #22 | 25 CAR, 133 YDS | |
| Receiving | Jonathan Stafford Jr. WR #80 | 36 REC, 332 YDS, 1 TD |
| Cameron Flowers WR #4 | 14 REC, 153 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Quincy Burroughs WR #12 | 9 REC, 138 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Lofton Howard TE #19 | 15 REC, 131 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jaylen Lewis DB #7 | 53 |
| Justin Brown DB #6 | 33 | |
| Westen Ard LB #32 | 31 | |
| Sacks | Latrevion Thompson DE #13 | 1 |
| Mackavelli Malotumau DT #0 | 1 | |
| Zsacari Minnis DE #17 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Jaylen Wester LB #21 | 1 |
| Justin Brown DB #6 | 1 | |
| Tony Newsome Jr. DB #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.