Wk 1 · 2026
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at West Virginia Mountaineers — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
· TNT
Sun Belt · no games yet
at
12:00pET
WVU -21.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential WVU by 6.8
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.
Coastal form
No completed games on record.
West Virginia form
No completed games on record.
Coastal 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.
West Virginia 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
Since 2006, West Virginia leads 1–0 · West Virginia won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
31.0 points toward West Virginia
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-09-04 | Coastal 0 — 31 West Virginia | at WVU | West Virginia |
Coastal leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Tad Hudson QB #12 | 114/205, 942 YDS, 4 TD, 5 INT |
| Samari Collier QB #1 | 38/78, 489 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Ja'Vin Simpkins RB #7 | 115 CAR, 567 YDS, 2 TD |
| Samari Collier QB #1 | 71 CAR, 429 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Dominic Knicely RB #23 | 65 CAR, 380 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Cameron Wright WR #17 | 24 REC, 274 YDS, 1 TD |
| Robby Washington WR #1 | 24 REC, 231 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Bryson Graves WR #0 | 29 REC, 231 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Jameson Tucker WR #8 | 10 REC, 197 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Xamarion Gordon S #6 | 71 |
| Ja'Marion Wayne CB #2 | 56 | |
| Dontae Lunan LB #30 | 53 | |
| Sacks | Zeke Durham-Campbell DL #18 | 5.5 |
| Tray Brown LB #55 | 2.5 | |
| Sawyer Goram-Welch NT #99 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Myles Woods DB #14 | 3 |
| Shane Bruce LB #1 | 2 | |
| Xamarion Gordon S #6 | 2 |
West Virginia leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Scotty Fox Jr. QB #15 | 101/170, 1276 YDS, 7 TD, 6 INT |
| Nicco Marchiol QB #4 | 66/98, 720 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Diore Hubbard RB #22 | 96 CAR, 335 YDS, 4 TD |
| Cyncir Bowers RB #23 | 63 CAR, 249 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Khalil Wilkins QB #4 | 58 CAR, 243 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam Vaughn WR #17 | 35 REC, 541 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jeff Weimer WR #16 | 21 REC, 383 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rodney Gallagher III WR #84 | 28 REC, 243 YDS | |
| Grayson Barnes TE #80 | 21 REC, 232 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Fred Perry S #5 | 78 |
| Darrian Lewis S #24 | 75 | |
| Reid Carrico LB #35 | 69 | |
| Sacks | Reid Carrico LB #35 | 4.5 |
| Chase Wilson LB #30 | 3 | |
| Devin Grant DL #91 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Chase Wilson LB #30 | 2 |
| Darrian Lewis S #24 | 2 | |
| Ben Cutter LB #15 | 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.