Wk 9 · 2026

Kent State Golden Flashes at Sacramento State Hornets — Fri, Oct 30

Fri, Oct 30 · Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, CA · ESPN2

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 61 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.

Kent State Golden Flashes

MAC · no games yet

10:30pET

no line posted yet

No ratings differential: Sacramento St is not in the ratings file.

Sacramento State Hornets

MAC · 0-1

What is at stake

A MAC game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the 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

Kent State: -12.2#127

Efficiency margin

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: 22.8

Offense (pts/100)

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: 35.0

Defense (pts/100)

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: 65.5

Pace (plays/g)

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: no data

Yards / play

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: no data

Yards / play allowed

Sacramento St: no data

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

Kent State: no data

Points / game

Sacramento St: 17.0

Kent State: no data

Points allowed

Sacramento St: 28.0

Kent State: no data

Yards / game

Sacramento St: 271

Kent State: no data

Yards allowed

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: no data

Pass yds allowed

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: no data

Rush yds allowed

Sacramento St: no data

Kent State: no data

Turnovers / game

Sacramento St: 2.00

From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Kent State form

No completed games on record.

Sacramento St form

L 17-28at EMU

2026 season

Kent State 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.

Sacramento St this season

Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Against the spread0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)

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 · 4

Opponent	Kent State	Sacramento St
Ball State MAC	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview	at Wk 8 · scheduled preview
Ohio MAC	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Bowling Green MAC	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview
E Michigan MAC	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview	at L 17-28 preview

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.

Kent State leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Dru DeShields QB #12	136/240, 2030 YDS, 18 TD, 3 INT
	CJ Montes QB #7	10/19, 140 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Gavin Garcia RB #5	146 CAR, 647 YDS, 3 TD
	Jordan Nubin RB #27	79 CAR, 253 YDS, 1 TD
	Jahzae Kimbrough RB #84	39 CAR, 97 YDS
Receiving	Cade Wolford WR #8	19 REC, 509 YDS, 7 TD
	Da'Shawn Martin WR #18	33 REC, 507 YDS, 4 TD
	Wayne Harris WR #6	35 REC, 383 YDS, 1 TD
	Ardell Banks WR #1	12 REC, 205 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Mason Woods LB #0	94
	CJ Young LB #8	89
	Joel Cordoba DB #2	68
Sacks	Jamond Mathis LB #8	6
	Jelani Davis DL #95	2.5
	CJ Young LB #8	2.5
Interceptions	Terrell Miller CB #18	2
	Joel Boamah CB #12	1
	CJ Young LB #8	1

full roster and per-player history

Sacramento St leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Cardell Williams QB #6	110/175, 1621 YDS, 10 TD, 7 INT
	Jaden Rashada QB #8	17/42, 264 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Rodney Hammond Jr. RB #2	188 CAR, 1214 YDS, 13 TD
	Damian Henderson II RB #26	91 CAR, 565 YDS, 5 TD
	JaQuail Smith RB #23	76 CAR, 511 YDS, 5 TD
Receiving	Ernest Campbell WR #4	37 REC, 755 YDS, 8 TD
	Jordan Anderson WR #0	24 REC, 361 YDS
	Jordan Williams TE #16	11 REC, 170 YDS, 1 TD
	Rodney Hammond Jr. RB #2	15 REC, 147 YDS

Defense

Tackles	Oscar Moore LB #5	69
	Koa Akui S #3	65
	Alex Rocha LB #33	49
Sacks	Dylan Hampsten DL #11	8
	Jayland McGlothen DL #90	7
	Xavier Williams DL #45	5.5
Interceptions	Koa Akui S #3	5
	Jason Oliver CB #26	2
	Lamont Johnson-Burrell CB #23	2

full roster and per-player history

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.