Wk 3 · 2026
Bowling Green Falcons at Iowa State Cyclones — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
· ESPNU
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 19 days away. 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.
MAC · no games yet
at
12:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential ISU by 14.3
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 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.
Bowling Green form
No completed games on record.
Iowa State form
No completed games on record.
Bowling Green 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.
Iowa State 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 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
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Bowling Green leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Drew Pyne QB #9 | 94/151, 882 YDS, 4 TD, 5 INT |
| Hunter Najm QB #10 | 33/66, 473 YDS, 5 TD, 4 INT | |
| Rushing | Austyn Dendy RB #1 | 108 CAR, 493 YDS, 5 TD |
| Cameron Pettaway RB #0 | 72 CAR, 365 YDS | |
| Chris McMillian RB #4 | 84 CAR, 342 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Jyrin Johnson TE #7 | 37 REC, 466 YDS, 2 TD |
| RJ Garcia II WR #6 | 27 REC, 283 YDS | |
| Finn Hogan WR #11 | 13 REC, 183 YDS | |
| Jacob Harris TE #89 | 19 REC, 182 YDS, 5 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Gideon Lampron LB #44 | 119 |
| Kal-El Pascal S #0 | 80 | |
| MJ Cannon DB #2 | 57 | |
| Sacks | Myles Bradley DE #23 | 5 |
| Eriq George DE #5 | 4 | |
| Gideon Lampron LB #44 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | MJ Cannon DB #2 | 2 |
| JoJo Johnson CB #2 | 1 | |
| Dorian Pringle LB #3 | 1 |
Iowa State leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Rocco Becht QB #3 | 205/339, 2584 YDS, 16 TD, 9 INT |
| Benjamin Brahmer TE #18 | 1/1, 45 YDS | |
| Rushing | Carson Hansen RB #21 | 188 CAR, 952 YDS, 6 TD |
| Abu Sama III RB #3 | 140 CAR, 732 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Dylan Lee RB #22 | 25 CAR, 117 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Brett Eskildsen WR #4 | 30 REC, 526 YDS, 5 TD |
| Chase Sowell WR #0 | 32 REC, 500 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Benjamin Brahmer TE #18 | 37 REC, 446 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Gabe Burkle TE #84 | 26 REC, 302 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Kooper Ebel LB #8 | 77 |
| Marcus Neal Jr. S #31 | 77 | |
| Caleb Bacon LB #10 | 68 | |
| Sacks | Caleb Bacon LB #10 | 3 |
| Will McLaughlin LB #23 | 2 | |
| Tamatoa McDonough DL #58 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Jamison Patton S #3 | 2 |
| Tre Bell CB #3 | 2 | |
| Marcus Neal Jr. S #31 | 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.