Wk 3 · 2026
West Virginia Mountaineers vs Virginia Cavaliers — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
· ACC Network 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.
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7:30pET
UVA -10.5 · total 51.5 DraftKings opened -8.5 · 2 toward UVA
Ratings differential UVA by 7.8
What is at stake
A neutral-site game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Duke’s Mayo Classic.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
no home-field adjustment at a neutral site.
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.
West Virginia form
L 31-52vs ARIZL 42-45at ISUL 24-41vs OKSTW 38-27at UVAW 52-7vs UTM
2026 season
Virginia form
W 28-25vs SYRL 7-38at FSUW 42-3vs DELL 27-38vs WVUW 59-3vs NORF
2026 season
West Virginia this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread2-3-1 · 40% (6 games)
Over / under6-0 · 100% (6 games)
Virginia this season
Straight up4-2 · 67% (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 · 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, West Virginia leads 1–0 · West Virginia won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
11.0 points toward West Virginia
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-19 | West Virginia 38 — 27 Virginia | neutral | West Virginia |
West Virginia leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Michael Hawkins Jr. QB #3 | 47/83, 836 YDS, 7 TD, 1 INT |
| Scotty Fox Jr. QB #15 | 2/4, 27 YDS | |
| Rushing | Cam Cook RB #4 | 119 CAR, 652 YDS, 5 TD |
| Michael Hawkins Jr. QB #3 | 92 CAR, 574 YDS, 11 TD | |
| Amari Latimer RB #1 | 20 CAR, 97 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | DJ Epps WR #2 | 14 REC, 393 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jaden Bray WR #5 | 9 REC, 152 YDS | |
| John Neider WR #80 | 6 REC, 71 YDS | |
| Armoni Weaver-Bomar WR #25 | 3 REC, 67 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Isaiah Patterson LB #16 | 37 |
| Kamari Wilson S #8 | 30 | |
| Ben Cutter LB #15 | 28 | |
| Sacks | Ashton Woods LB #33 | 2 |
| Nate Gabriel DL #93 | 2 | |
| Ben Cutter LB #15 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Kamari Wilson S #8 | 1 |
| Ashton Woods LB #33 | 1 | |
| Isaiah Patterson LB #16 | 1 |
Virginia leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Beau Pribula QB #7 | 80/118, 961 YDS, 12 TD, 1 INT |
| Eli Holstein QB #10 | 12/18, 180 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Rushing | Jekail Middlebrook RB #21 | 50 CAR, 242 YDS, 1 TD |
| Xavier Brown RB #0 | 31 CAR, 166 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Xay Davis RB #25 | 32 CAR, 160 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Kameron Courtney WR #5 | 15 REC, 166 YDS, 2 TD |
| Rico Flores Jr. WR #11 | 11 REC, 152 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Da'Shawn Martin WR #18 | 11 REC, 148 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Josiah Abdullah WR #13 | 4 REC, 102 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jacobie Henderson CB #10 | 27 |
| Myles Brown LB #13 | 23 | |
| Fisher Camac DE #14 | 22 | |
| Sacks | Matthew Fobbs-White DE #16 | 3 |
| Nnanna Anyanwu DE #33 | 2 | |
| Fisher Camac DE #14 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Brandyn Hillman S #6 | 3 |
| Keke Adams S #21 | 2 | |
| Corey Costner S #4 | 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.