Wk 2 · 2026
Buffalo Bulls at Florida International Panthers — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Pitbull Stadium, Miami, FL
· ESPN+
Weather at kickoff
88°F light drizzle
34% chance of precipitation · wind 13 mph
Forecast from Open-Meteo
MAC · no games yet
at
6:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential FIU by 4.2
CUSA · 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.
Buffalo form
No completed games on record.
FIU form
No completed games on record.
Buffalo 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.
FIU 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.
Buffalo leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Ta'Quan Roberson QB #2 | 206/356, 2520 YDS, 17 TD, 12 INT |
| Gunnar Gray QB #9 | 29/53, 228 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Al-Jay Henderson RB #5 | 182 CAR, 755 YDS, 6 TD |
| Terrance Shelton Jr. RB #25 | 57 CAR, 244 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Lamar Sperling RB #32 | 39 CAR, 234 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Nik McMillan WR #5 | 62 REC, 981 YDS, 3 TD |
| Victor Snow WR #0 | 62 REC, 815 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Jasaiah Gathings WR #8 | 36 REC, 410 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Al-Jay Henderson RB #5 | 25 REC, 181 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Red Murdock LB #2 | 142 |
| Dion Crawford LB #18 | 79 | |
| Miles Greer S #6 | 74 | |
| Sacks | Junior Poyser DL #97 | 5.5 |
| Red Murdock LB #2 | 5 | |
| Malin White DE #12 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Jalen McNair S #18 | 2 |
| Mitchell Gonser LB #39 | 2 | |
| Solomon Brown CB #7 | 1 |
FIU leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Keyone Jenkins QB #12 | 157/249, 1693 YDS, 9 TD, 5 INT |
| Joe Pesansky QB #16 | 78/128, 919 YDS, 9 TD, 6 INT | |
| Rushing | Kejon Owens RB #5 | 205 CAR, 1298 YDS, 11 TD |
| Anthony Carrie RB #1 | 96 CAR, 447 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Devonte Lyons RB #3 | 36 CAR, 140 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Alex Perry WR #9 | 53 REC, 816 YDS, 9 TD |
| Kyle McNeal WR #7 | 29 REC, 286 YDS | |
| Dallas Payne TE #0 | 25 REC, 266 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Maguire Anderson WR #2 | 22 REC, 255 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Johnny Chaney Jr. LB #0 | 99 |
| Jessiah McGrew DB #23 | 67 | |
| Josiah Taylor LB #9 | 66 | |
| Sacks | Kenton Simmons DE #5 | 6 |
| Keegan Davis DL #44 | 5.5 | |
| Dante Anderson DL #13 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Jessiah McGrew DB #23 | 4 |
| Mister Clark DB #6 | 3 | |
| Shamir Sterlin DB #1 | 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.