Wk 5 · 2026
Navy Midshipmen at Air Force Falcons — Sat, Oct 3
Sat, Oct 3 ·
Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, CO
· CBS
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 33 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.
American · no games yet
at
12:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential NAVY by 3.4
Mountain West · no games yet
What is at stake
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. The second leg of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, and historically the one that decides it more often than Army-Navy does. They play for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (leg). 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.
Navy form
No completed games on record.
Air Force form
No completed games on record.
Navy 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.
Air Force 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, Navy leads 11–9 · Navy has won the last 2
20 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.6 points toward Air Force
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-04 | Air Force 31 — 34 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2024 | 2024-10-05 | Navy 34 — 7 Air Force | at AF | Navy |
| 2023 | 2023-10-21 | Air Force 17 — 6 Navy | at NAVY | Air Force |
| 2022 | 2022-10-01 | Navy 10 — 13 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2021 | 2021-09-11 | Air Force 23 — 3 Navy | at NAVY | Air Force |
| 2020 | 2020-10-03 | Navy 7 — 40 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2019 | 2019-10-05 | Air Force 25 — 34 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2018 | 2018-10-06 | Navy 7 — 35 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2017 | 2017-10-07 | Air Force 45 — 48 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2016 | 2016-10-01 | Navy 14 — 28 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2015 | 2015-10-03 | Air Force 11 — 33 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2014 | 2014-10-04 | Navy 21 — 30 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2013 | 2013-10-05 | Air Force 10 — 28 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2012 | 2012-10-06 | Navy 28 — 21 Air Force | at AF | Navy |
| 2011 | 2011-10-01 | Air Force 35 — 34 Navy | at NAVY | Air Force |
| 2010 | 2010-10-02 | Navy 6 — 14 Air Force | at AF | Air Force |
| 2009 | 2009-10-03 | Air Force 13 — 16 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2008 | 2008-10-04 | Navy 33 — 27 Air Force | at AF | Navy |
| 2007 | 2007-09-29 | Air Force 20 — 31 Navy | at NAVY | Navy |
| 2006 | 2006-10-07 | Navy 24 — 17 Air Force | at AF | Navy |
Navy leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Blake Horvath QB #11 | 81/131, 1390 YDS, 9 TD, 5 INT |
| Braxton Woodson QB #5 | 9/19, 110 YDS | |
| Rushing | Blake Horvath QB #11 | 174 CAR, 1040 YDS, 14 TD |
| Alex Tecza RB #46 | 133 CAR, 772 YDS, 9 TD | |
| Braxton Woodson QB #5 | 43 CAR, 414 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Receiving | Eli Heidenreich RB #22 | 40 REC, 805 YDS, 4 TD |
| Brandon Chatman WR #24 | 16 REC, 158 YDS | |
| Cody Howard TE #83 | 4 REC, 128 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Alex Tecza RB #46 | 12 REC, 123 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | MarcAnthony Parker LB #56 | 88 |
| Giuseppe Sessi S #16 | 73 | |
| Luke Pirris LB #35 | 72 | |
| Sacks | Landon Robinson DT #96 | 6.5 |
| Adam Klenk LB #49 | 4 | |
| Luke Pirris LB #35 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Phillip Hamilton CB #6 | 2 |
| Coleman Cauley LB #58 | 1 | |
| Justin Ross CB #17 | 1 |
Air Force leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Liam Szarka QB #9 | 75/120, 1294 YDS, 9 TD, 5 INT |
| Josh Johnson QB #11 | 16/28, 374 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Liam Szarka QB #9 | 190 CAR, 922 YDS, 13 TD |
| Owen Allen RB #2 | 132 CAR, 750 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Dylan Carson RB #5 | 90 CAR, 418 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Cade Harris WR #21 | 35 REC, 584 YDS, 2 TD |
| Bruin Fleischmann TE #88 | 21 REC, 370 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Quin Smith WR #18 | 15 REC, 358 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Jonah Dawson WR #8 | 12 REC, 260 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Blake Fletcher LB #6 | 108 |
| Roger Jones Jr. DB #5 | 76 | |
| Max Mustell DB #36 | 59 | |
| Sacks | Isaac Hubert LB #30 | 5 |
| Jackson Adams LB #58 | 3 | |
| Aidan Swartz DT #99 | 1.5 | |
| Interceptions | Max Mustell DB #36 | 3 |
| Roger Jones Jr. DB #5 | 2 | |
| Levi Brown CB #9 | 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.