Wk 4 · 2026
Houston Cougars at Georgia Southern Eagles — Sat, Sep 26
Sat, Sep 26 ·
Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 26 days away and has no kickoff time yet. 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.
#23 Houston Cougars
Big 12 · no games yet
at
TBDET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential HOU by 6.7
Sun Belt · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Houston is ranked #23 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).
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.
Houston form
No completed games on record.
GA Southern form
No completed games on record.
Houston 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.
GA Southern 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.
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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Houston leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Conner Weigman QB #1 | 204/319, 2475 YDS, 21 TD, 9 INT |
| Zeon Chriss-Gremillion QB #9 | 10/21, 108 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Dean Connors RB #44 | 184 CAR, 851 YDS, 5 TD |
| Conner Weigman QB #1 | 158 CAR, 644 YDS, 11 TD | |
| DJ Butler RB #25 | 60 CAR, 280 YDS | |
| Receiving | Amare Thomas WR #0 | 59 REC, 906 YDS, 10 TD |
| Tanner Koziol TE #9 | 65 REC, 651 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Stephon Johnson WR #5 | 13 REC, 275 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Dean Connors RB #44 | 31 REC, 242 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jalen Garner LB #36 | 75 |
| Kentrell Webb DB #8 | 70 | |
| Carlos Allen Jr. DT #5 | 68 | |
| Sacks | Eddie Walls III DE #90 | 5.5 |
| Brandon Mack II LB #4 | 5 | |
| Corey Platt Jr. LB #9 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Will James DB #5 | 3 |
| Wrook Brown DB #24 | 2 | |
| Marc Stampley II DB #22 | 2 |
GA Southern leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | JC French IV QB #4 | 231/365, 2753 YDS, 19 TD, 8 INT |
| OJ Arnold RB #22 | 2/2, 85 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rushing | OJ Arnold RB #22 | 133 CAR, 885 YDS, 5 TD |
| JC French IV QB #4 | 121 CAR, 277 YDS, 6 TD | |
| David Mbadinga RB #6 | 49 CAR, 196 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Camden Brown WR #4 | 63 REC, 1049 YDS, 14 TD |
| Marcus Sanders Jr. WR #5 | 45 REC, 725 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Dalen Cobb WR #1 | 52 REC, 471 YDS, 3 TD | |
| OJ Arnold RB #22 | 17 REC, 201 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Justin Meyers DB #9 | 82 |
| Brandon Tyson LB #1 | 79 | |
| Brendan Harrington LB #2 | 77 | |
| Sacks | MJ Stroud LB #18 | 6.5 |
| Caleb Moore DL #93 | 2 | |
| Holden Trice LB #15 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Ayden Jackson DB #5 | 3 |
| Brendan Harrington LB #2 | 1 | |
| Chance Gamble DB #31 | 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.