Wk 1 · 2026
Norfolk State Spartans at Old Dominion Monarchs — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
S.B. Ballard Stadium, Norfolk, VA
· ESPN+
Norfolk State Spartans
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
6:00pET
ODU -41.5 · total 55.5 DraftKings
No ratings differential: Norfolk St is not in the ratings file.
Sun Belt · 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.
Norfolk St form
No completed games on record.
Old Dominion form
No completed games on record.
Norfolk 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.
Old Dominion 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.
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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Old Dominion leads 3–0 · Old Dominion has won the last 3
3 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
6.7 points toward Old Dominion
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019-08-31 | Norfolk St 21 — 24 Old Dominion | at ODU | Old Dominion |
| 2015 | 2015-09-12 | Norfolk St 10 — 24 Old Dominion | at ODU | Old Dominion |
| 2013 | 2013-10-26 | Old Dominion 27 — 24 Norfolk St | at NORF | Old Dominion |
Norfolk St 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.
Old Dominion leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Colton Joseph QB #1 | 173/290, 2624 YDS, 21 TD, 10 INT |
| Quinn Henicle QB #10 | 6/15, 57 YDS | |
| Rushing | Colton Joseph QB #1 | 158 CAR, 1007 YDS, 13 TD |
| Trequan Jones RB #20 | 97 CAR, 736 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Devin Roche RB #3 | 92 CAR, 530 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Tre' Brown WR #2 | 37 REC, 751 YDS, 4 TD |
| Ja'Cory Thomas WR #6 | 38 REC, 674 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding WR #1 | 46 REC, 607 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Ke'Travion Hargrove RB #18 | 6 REC, 192 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jerome Carter III S #6 | 72 |
| Mario Easterly S #3 | 71 | |
| Jahleel Culbreath LB #34 | 66 | |
| Sacks | Jeremy Mack Jr. LB #4 | 4.5 |
| Kris Trinidad DE #43 | 3.5 | |
| Jackson Forrest LB #18 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jerome Carter III S #6 | 4 |
| Seth Naotala LB #38 | 1 | |
| Mario Easterly S #3 | 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.