Wk 3 · 2026
Georgia State Panthers at UCF Knights — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Acrisure Bounce House, Orlando, FL
· ESPN+
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 20 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.
Sun Belt · no games yet
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Ratings differential UCF by 13.7
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.
Georgia St form
No completed games on record.
UCF form
No completed games on record.
Georgia St 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.
UCF 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.
Georgia St leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Cameran Brown QB #8 | 120/185, 1296 YDS, 13 TD, 1 INT |
| TJ Finley QB | 127/201, 1244 YDS, 6 TD, 7 INT | |
| Rushing | Jordon Simmons RB #9 | 97 CAR, 543 YDS, 2 TD |
| Cameran Brown QB #8 | 61 CAR, 284 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Rashad Amos RB #30 | 63 CAR, 267 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Ted Hurst III WR #1 | 71 REC, 1004 YDS, 6 TD |
| Javon Robinson WR #5 | 58 REC, 595 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Grant Hollier TE #85 | 21 REC, 288 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Jordon Simmons RB #9 | 28 REC, 192 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Josiah Robinson LB #25 | 96 |
| Jaylen Jones S #23 | 66 | |
| Kedrick Walker LB #36 | 57 | |
| Sacks | Jartavius Flounoy DL #98 | 3 |
| Kedrick Walker LB #36 | 2.5 | |
| Josiah Robinson LB #25 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Jordan Huff S #6 | 1 |
| Jaylen Jones S #23 | 1 | |
| Chams Diagne CB #7 | 1 |
UCF leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Tayven Jackson QB #2 | 200/315, 2151 YDS, 10 TD, 8 INT |
| Cam Fancher QB #2 | 41/72, 333 YDS | |
| Rushing | Myles Montgomery RB #22 | 143 CAR, 705 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jaden Nixon RB #5 | 71 CAR, 554 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Cam Fancher QB #2 | 31 CAR, 170 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Duane Thomas Jr. WR #7 | 53 REC, 528 YDS |
| Dylan Wade TE #0 | 43 REC, 523 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Waden Charles WR #9 | 26 REC, 290 YDS | |
| DJ Black WR #83 | 22 REC, 273 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Lewis Carter LB #20 | 92 |
| Cole Kozlowski LB #43 | 82 | |
| Demari Henderson DB #8 | 61 | |
| Sacks | Malachi Lawrence EDGE #51 | 7 |
| Nyjalik Kelly DE #9 | 3 | |
| Keli Lawson EDGE #0 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Phillip Dunnam S #2 | 3 |
| Braeden Marshall DB #4 | 2 | |
| Jayden Jennings LB #38 | 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.