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Wk 2 · 2026

Western Carolina Catamounts at Cincinnati Bearcats — Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 · Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati · ESPN+
Western Carolina Catamounts
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
7:00pET
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No ratings differential: W Carolina is not in the ratings file.
Big 12 · no games yet

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 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

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Efficiency margin
+1.8#55
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Offense (pts/100)
28.2
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Defense (pts/100)
26.4
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Pace (plays/g)
58.8
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Yards / play
6.74
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Yards / play allowed
5.86
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

10.0
Points / game
31.8
42.0
Points allowed
24.8
238
Yards / game
421
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Yards allowed
403
no data
Pass yds allowed
230
no data
Rush yds allowed
174
2.00
Turnovers / game
1.00
From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

W Carolina form

L 10-42at WAKE
2025 season

Cincinnati form

L 23-45at TCUL 14-26vs BYUL 24-30vs ARIZL 14-45at UTAHW 41-20vs BAY
2025 season

W Carolina 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.

Cincinnati 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

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

W Carolina 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.

Cincinnati leaders 2025 regular season

PassingBrendan Sorsby QB #2207/336, 2800 YDS, 27 TD, 5 INT
Brady Lichtenberg QB #164/6, 56 YDS, 1 TD
RushingTawee Walker RB #3120 CAR, 709 YDS, 4 TD
Brendan Sorsby QB #2100 CAR, 580 YDS, 9 TD
Evan Pryor RB #2176 CAR, 522 YDS, 3 TD
ReceivingCyrus Allen WR #449 REC, 665 YDS, 12 TD
Caleb Goodie WR #229 REC, 484 YDS, 2 TD
Jeff Caldwell WR #932 REC, 478 YDS, 6 TD
Joe Royer TE #1129 REC, 416 YDS, 4 TD
Defense
TacklesJake Golday LB #11104
Trevon Gola-Callard S #671
Christian Harrison DB #166
SacksJalen Hunt DL #903.5
Jake Golday LB #113.5
Mikah Coleman DL #142
InterceptionsMatthew McDoom CB #01
Christian Harrison DB #11
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.