Wk 3 · 2026
Northern Illinois Huskies at Arizona Wildcats — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Casino Del Sol Stadium, Tucson, AZ
· TNT
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 20 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.
Mountain West · no games yet
at
10:30pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential ARIZ by 19.2
Big 12 · 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.
N Illinois form
No completed games on record.
Arizona form
No completed games on record.
N Illinois 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.
Arizona 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.
N Illinois leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Josh Holst QB #15 | 78/130, 689 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT |
| Brady Davidson QB #2 | 40/87, 384 YDS, 3 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Chavon Wright RB #10 | 196 CAR, 875 YDS, 5 TD |
| Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45 | 124 CAR, 712 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Jalen Macon QB #14 | 45 CAR, 216 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | DeAree Rogers WR #1 | 46 REC, 506 YDS, 3 TD |
| Gary Givens III WR #7 | 12 REC, 145 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rickey Taylor Jr. WR #3 | 9 REC, 134 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Telly Johnson Jr. RB #45 | 16 REC, 97 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Quinn Urwiler LB #32 | 141 |
| Filip Maciorowski LB #12 | 87 | |
| Jasper Beeler S #18 | 77 | |
| Sacks | Filip Maciorowski LB #12 | 2.5 |
| Roy Williams EDGE #97 | 2 | |
| Jay'shon Thomas DE #18 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Jasper Beeler S #18 | 3 |
| Muhammad Jammeh S #4 | 2 | |
| James Finley DB #29 | 2 |
Arizona leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Noah Fifita QB #1 | 247/385, 2963 YDS, 26 TD, 5 INT |
| Braedyn Locke QB #8 | 5/15, 68 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Ismail Mahdi RB #21 | 123 CAR, 791 YDS, 4 TD |
| Kedrick Reescano RB #3 | 83 CAR, 394 YDS, 9 TD | |
| Quincy Craig RB #24 | 55 CAR, 335 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Kris Hutson WR #4 | 57 REC, 740 YDS, 4 TD |
| Javin Whatley WR #6 | 38 REC, 443 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Tre Spivey WR #12 | 21 REC, 359 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Chris Hunter WR #11 | 25 REC, 351 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Dalton Johnson S #43 | 97 |
| Taye Brown LB #6 | 84 | |
| Genesis Smith S #12 | 77 | |
| Sacks | Chase Kennedy LB #7 | 4 |
| Riley Wilson LB #16 | 3 | |
| Deshawn McKnight DL #0 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Dalton Johnson S #43 | 4 |
| Treydan Stukes S #2 | 4 | |
| Jay'Vion Cole CB #8 | 4 |
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.