Wk 1 · 2026
Missouri State Bears at Texas A&M Aggies — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Kyle Field, College Station, TX
· ESPN
Weather at kickoff
92°F partly cloudy
13% chance of precipitation · wind 7 mph
Forecast from Open-Meteo
CUSA · no games yet
at
7:00pET
TA&M -41.5 · total 52.5 DraftKings opened -40.5 · 1 toward TA&M
Ratings differential TA&M by 19.8
SEC · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Texas A&M is ranked #8 (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.
Missouri St form
No completed games on record.
Texas A&M form
No completed games on record.
Missouri 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.
Texas A&M 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.
Missouri St leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Jacob Clark QB #12 | 222/341, 2895 YDS, 24 TD, 11 INT |
| Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 23/47, 335 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rushing | Shomari Lawrence RB #2 | 183 CAR, 964 YDS, 7 TD |
| Ramone Green Jr. RB #22 | 46 CAR, 256 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 27 CAR, 81 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Jmariyae Robinson WR #0 | 40 REC, 536 YDS, 6 TD |
| Dash Luke WR #1 | 36 REC, 471 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Tristian Gardner WR #3 | 30 REC, 465 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Ronnel Johnson WR #9 | 32 REC, 438 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Kanye Young LB #44 | 74 |
| Jared Lloyd LB #0 | 73 | |
| Thomas Anderson CB #14 | 65 | |
| Sacks | DJ Wesolak DL #7 | 4.5 |
| Caleb Dietlin DL #43 | 3 | |
| Mitchell Toney DL #50 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jordan Dunbar CB #12 | 2 |
| Davon Townley Jr. DL #17 | 1 | |
| Dylan Dixson S #9 | 1 |
Texas A&M leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Marcel Reed QB #10 | 209/338, 2932 YDS, 25 TD, 10 INT |
| Miles O'Neill QB #8 | 7/14, 120 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Rueben Owens II RB #4 | 112 CAR, 618 YDS, 5 TD |
| Marcel Reed QB #10 | 89 CAR, 466 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Le'Veon Moss RB #8 | 70 CAR, 389 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Receiving | KC Concepcion WR #7 | 57 REC, 886 YDS, 9 TD |
| Mario Craver WR #1 | 52 REC, 825 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Ashton Bethel-Roman WR #8 | 20 REC, 459 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Terry Bussey WR #6 | 15 REC, 182 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Taurean York LB #21 | 67 |
| Marcus Ratcliffe S #3 | 60 | |
| Dalton Brooks S #7 | 55 | |
| Sacks | Cashius Howell EDGE #9 | 11.5 |
| Dayon Hayes EDGE #50 | 4.5 | |
| Daymion Sanford LB #27 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Dalton Brooks S #7 | 1 |
| Scooby Williams LB #0 | 1 | |
| Daymion Sanford LB #27 | 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.