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Wk 2 · 2026

Northern Colorado Bears at Wyoming Cowboys — Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 · War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY · MW+ 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.
Northern Colorado Bears
FCS / Other · 0-1
13
at
4:00pET
WYO -23.5 · total 44.5 DraftKings opened -22.5 · 1 toward WYO
No ratings differential: N Colorado is not in the ratings file.
Mountain West · 3-3
21

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

N Colorado: no data
Efficiency margin
Wyoming: -15.5#125
N Colorado: no data
Offense (pts/100)
Wyoming: 19.2
N Colorado: no data
Defense (pts/100)
Wyoming: 25.8
N Colorado: no data
Pace (plays/g)
Wyoming: 59.8
N Colorado: no data
Yards / play
Wyoming: 5.04
N Colorado: no data
Yards / play allowed
Wyoming: 5.46
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

N Colorado: 13.0
Points / game
Wyoming: 14.5
N Colorado: 21.0
Points allowed
Wyoming: 20.5
N Colorado: 345
Yards / game
Wyoming: 302
N Colorado: no data
Yards allowed
Wyoming: 362
N Colorado: no data
Pass yds allowed
Wyoming: 191
N Colorado: no data
Rush yds allowed
Wyoming: 172
N Colorado: 2.00
Turnovers / game
Wyoming: 1.83
From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

N Colorado form

L 13-21at WYO
2026 season

Wyoming form

W 16-13at SJSUL 0-28at NDSUW 27-10vs HAWL 10-24at CMUW 21-13vs UNCO
2026 season

N Colorado this season

Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Against the spread1-0 · 100% (1 games)
Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Wyoming this season

Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Over / under1-5 · 17% (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 · 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

Since 2006, Wyoming leads 3–0 · Wyoming has won the last 3
3 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 19.7 points toward Wyoming
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20262026-09-12N Colorado 13 — 21 Wyomingat WYOWyoming
20222022-09-10N Colorado 10 — 33 Wyomingat WYOWyoming
20132013-09-14N Colorado 7 — 35 Wyomingat WYOWyoming

N Colorado 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.

Wyoming leaders 2026 regular season

PassingTyler Hughes QB #682/136, 822 YDS, 3 TD, 7 INT
Bart Edmiston P #181/1, 7 YDS
RushingSamuel Harris RB #165 CAR, 324 YDS, 2 TD
Markell Holman RB #858 CAR, 322 YDS, 3 TD
Tyler Hughes QB #677 CAR, 276 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingJake Wilson TE #8919 REC, 197 YDS, 1 TD
Kyle Frendt TE #838 REC, 155 YDS, 1 TD
Charlie Coenen WR #199 REC, 94 YDS, 1 TD
Eric Richardson WR #28 REC, 88 YDS
Defense
TacklesJones Thomas S #2342
Ethan Stuhlsatz LB #4242
Gary Rutherford LB #2633
SacksEsaia Bogar DE #113.5
Jayden Williams (DT) DT #982.5
Tyler Hughes QB #61
InterceptionsJones Thomas S #232
Therman Williams S #251
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.