Wk 4 · 2026
Missouri State Bears at SMU Mustangs — Sat, Sep 26
Sat, Sep 26 ·
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas
CUSA · no games yet
at
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Ratings differential SMU by 15.7
#19 SMU Mustangs
ACC · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. SMU is ranked #19 (AP Top 25 ยท 2026-08-17).
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The College King’s 2025 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 · 2025 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 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Missouri St form
L 30-42vs LTL 34-41at KENNW 38-24vs UTEPW 21-17at LIBW 28-21vs FIU
2025 season
SMU form
L 35-38at CALW 38-6vs LOUW 45-13at BCW 26-20vs MIAL 12-13at WAKE
2025 season
Missouri St this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
SMU this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
SMU leads the series 1–0 · SMU won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
18.0 points toward SMU
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-13 | SMU 28 — 10 Missouri St | at MOST | SMU |
Missouri St leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Jacob Clark QB #12 | 222/341, 2895 YDS, 24 TD, 11 INT |
| Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 23/47, 335 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rushing | Shomari Lawrence RB #2 | 183 CAR, 964 YDS, 7 TD |
| Ramone Green Jr. RB #22 | 46 CAR, 256 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 27 CAR, 81 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Jmariyae Robinson WR #0 | 40 REC, 536 YDS, 6 TD |
| Dash Luke WR #1 | 36 REC, 471 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Tristian Gardner WR #3 | 30 REC, 465 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Ronnel Johnson WR #9 | 32 REC, 438 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Kanye Young LB #44 | 74 |
| Jared Lloyd LB #0 | 73 | |
| Thomas Anderson CB #14 | 65 | |
| Sacks | DJ Wesolak DL #7 | 4.5 |
| Caleb Dietlin DL #43 | 3 | |
| Mitchell Toney DL #50 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jordan Dunbar CB #12 | 2 |
| Davon Townley Jr. DL #17 | 1 | |
| Dylan Dixson S #9 | 1 |
SMU leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Kevin Jennings QB #7 | 279/422, 3363 YDS, 26 TD, 10 INT |
| Charlie Fiser QB #14 | 4/4, 30 YDS | |
| Rushing | TJ Harden RB #27 | 161 CAR, 747 YDS, 7 TD |
| Chris Johnson Jr. RB #16 | 62 CAR, 463 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Derrick McFall WR #0 | 32 CAR, 183 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Jordan Hudson WR #2 | 56 REC, 749 YDS, 6 TD |
| Romello Brinson WR #3 | 43 REC, 638 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Yamir Knight WR #8 | 47 REC, 533 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Matthew Hibner TE #88 | 29 REC, 351 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Ahmaad Moses S #3 | 91 |
| Isaiah Nwokobia S #12 | 80 | |
| Brandon Booker LB #28 | 62 | |
| Sacks | Isaiah Smith LB #1 | 8.5 |
| Terry Webb DT #4 | 5.5 | |
| Cameron Robertson DE #9 | 5 | |
| Interceptions | Ahmaad Moses S #3 | 5 |
| Isaiah Nwokobia S #12 | 2 | |
| Jaelyn Davis-Robinson CB #13 | 2 |
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.