Wk 4 · 2026
Howard Bison at Rutgers Scarlet Knights — Fri, Sep 25
Fri, Sep 25 ·
SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
· BTN
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 26 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.
Howard Bison
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
7:00pET
no line posted yet
No ratings differential: Howard is not in the ratings file.
Big Ten · 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.
Howard form
No completed games on record.
Rutgers form
No completed games on record.
Howard 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.
Rutgers 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 · 1
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Rutgers leads 6–0 · Rutgers has won the last 6
6 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
33.5 points toward Rutgers
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-08-29 | Howard 7 — 44 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
| 2016 | 2016-09-10 | Howard 14 — 52 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
| 2014 | 2014-09-06 | Howard 25 — 38 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
| 2012 | 2012-09-08 | Howard 0 — 26 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
| 2009 | 2009-09-12 | Howard 7 — 45 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Howard 7 — 56 Rutgers | at RUTG | Rutgers |
Howard leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Rutgers leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Athan Kaliakmanis QB #16 | 229/368, 3124 YDS, 20 TD, 7 INT |
| AJ Surace QB #10 | 4/9, 58 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rushing | Antwan Raymond RB #3 | 244 CAR, 1241 YDS, 13 TD |
| Ja'shon Benjamin RB #20 | 68 CAR, 328 YDS, 2 TD | |
| CJ Campbell Jr. RB #0 | 22 CAR, 119 YDS | |
| Receiving | KJ Duff WR #8 | 60 REC, 1084 YDS, 7 TD |
| Ian Strong WR #9 | 52 REC, 762 YDS, 5 TD | |
| DT Sheffield WR #0 | 44 REC, 577 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Kenny Fletcher Jr. TE #12 | 26 REC, 236 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Jett Elad DB #9 | 77 |
| Dariel Djabome LB #8 | 67 | |
| Kaj Sanders DB #1 | 64 | |
| Sacks | Bradley Weaver DL #94 | 2.5 |
| Eric O'Neill EDGE #99 | 2.5 | |
| Dariel Djabome LB #8 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Jett Elad DB #9 | 2 |
| Cam Miller CB #7 | 1 | |
| Bo Mascoe DB #5 | 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.