Wk 8 · 2026
Massachusetts Minutemen at UConn Huskies — Fri, Oct 23
Fri, Oct 23 ·
Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CT
· CBSSN
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 54 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.
MAC · no games yet
at
7:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential CONN by 25.7
FBS Indep. · no games yet
What is at stake
UConn-UMass. New England's only FBS rivalry — two independents-turned-league-members who have played since 1897 and have nobody else nearby to hate. 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.
UMass form
No completed games on record.
UConn form
No completed games on record.
UMass 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.
UConn 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
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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, UConn leads 5–2 · UConn has won the last 3
7 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
10.6 points toward UConn
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-11-30 | UConn 47 — 42 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2023 | 2023-11-25 | UConn 31 — 18 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2022 | 2022-11-04 | UMass 10 — 27 UConn | at CONN | UConn |
| 2021 | 2021-10-09 | UConn 13 — 27 UMass | at MASS | UMass |
| 2019 | 2019-10-26 | UConn 56 — 35 UMass | at MASS | UConn |
| 2018 | 2018-10-27 | UMass 22 — 17 UConn | at CONN | UMass |
| 2012 | 2012-08-30 | UMass 0 — 37 UConn | at CONN | UConn |
UMass leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | AJ Hairston QB #8 | 107/216, 957 YDS, 4 TD, 4 INT |
| Grant Jordan QB #9 | 63/110, 595 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Brandon Hood RB #26 | 98 CAR, 368 YDS, 2 TD |
| Rocko Griffin RB #24 | 53 CAR, 246 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Elijah Faulkner RB #23 | 40 CAR, 114 YDS | |
| Receiving | Jacquon Gibson WR #4 | 63 REC, 616 YDS |
| Donnie Gray WR #12 | 27 REC, 260 YDS | |
| Max Dowling TE #11 | 20 REC, 199 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Jake McConnachie WR #7 | 16 REC, 144 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Tyler Martin LB #5 | 104 |
| Derrieon Craig DL #0 | 81 | |
| Zeraun Daniel S #38 | 75 | |
| Sacks | Marques White DE #16 | 5 |
| David Onuoha DL #10 | 2.5 | |
| Timmy Hinspeter LB #44 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | DD Snyder S #1 | 1 |
| Tyler Martin LB #5 | 1 | |
| Jeremiah McGill DB #2 | 1 |
UConn leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Joe Fagnano QB #2 | 285/413, 3448 YDS, 28 TD, 1 INT |
| Nick Evers QB #10 | 10/15, 105 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Cam Edwards RB #0 | 199 CAR, 1132 YDS, 14 TD |
| Mel Brown RB | 26 CAR, 229 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Victor Rosa RB #4 | 28 CAR, 147 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Skyler Bell WR #1 | 101 REC, 1278 YDS, 13 TD |
| Reymello Murphy WR #6 | 33 REC, 404 YDS, 3 TD | |
| John Neider WR #80 | 24 REC, 395 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Juice Vereen TE #5 | 22 REC, 310 YDS, 5 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Bryun Parham LB #6 | 116 |
| Oumar Diomande LB #32 | 111 | |
| Malachi McLean DB #7 | 79 | |
| Sacks | Bryun Parham LB #6 | 10.5 |
| Oumar Diomande LB #32 | 5 | |
| Donovan Branch LB #11 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Cam Chadwick Jr. CB #20 | 4 |
| Aaron Key LB #5 | 1 | |
| Bryun Parham LB #6 | 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.