Wk 1 · 2026
Sam Houston Bearkats at Troy Trojans — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL), Troy, AL
· ESPN+
CUSA · no games yet
at
7:00pET
TROY -16.5 · total 53.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential TROY by 16.8
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.
Sam Houston form
No completed games on record.
Troy form
No completed games on record.
Sam Houston 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.
Troy 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.
Sam Houston leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Hunter Watson QB #10 | 104/182, 1108 YDS, 5 TD, 4 INT |
| Landyn Locke QB #8 | 71/141, 765 YDS, 4 TD, 4 INT | |
| Rushing | Landan Brown RB #10 | 84 CAR, 487 YDS, 5 TD |
| Elijah Green RB #21 | 58 CAR, 391 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Alton McCaskill RB #22 | 88 CAR, 371 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Chris Reed WR #2 | 30 REC, 460 YDS, 5 TD |
| Grady O'Neill WR #7 | 38 REC, 392 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Landan Brown RB #10 | 37 REC, 237 YDS | |
| Tim Burns Jr. WR #3 | 12 REC, 228 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Antavious Fish LB #6 | 82 |
| CJ Brown DB #24 | 64 | |
| Tyler Bailey S #8 | 49 | |
| Sacks | Christopher Eaton Jr. DE #17 | 5 |
| Chauncey Chidi DE #48 | 2.5 | |
| Dylan Frazier DT #97 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Emon Allen DB #7 | 3 |
| Cecil Powell DB #2 | 1 | |
| CJ Brown DB #24 | 1 |
Troy leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Tucker Kilcrease QB #10 | 118/199, 1421 YDS, 9 TD, 4 INT |
| Goose Crowder QB #9 | 112/190, 1314 YDS, 11 TD, 5 INT | |
| Rushing | Tae Meadows RB #21 | 159 CAR, 695 YDS, 6 TD |
| Jordan Lovett RB #1 | 81 CAR, 317 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Tucker Kilcrease QB #10 | 104 CAR, 112 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | RaRa Thomas WR #7 | 34 REC, 577 YDS, 5 TD |
| Tray Taylor WR #8 | 31 REC, 513 YDS, 3 TD | |
| DJ Epps WR #2 | 44 REC, 480 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Ethan Conner TE #14 | 29 REC, 381 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jordan Stringer LB #7 | 107 |
| Devin Lafayette S #3 | 104 | |
| Justin Powe S #6 | 65 | |
| Sacks | Donnie Smith DB #22 | 10 |
| Jah-Mal Williams DE #0 | 4 | |
| Jamel Fils-Aime DT #98 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Jaquez White CB #2 | 3 |
| Devin Lafayette S #3 | 2 | |
| Joe Lott S #29 | 2 |
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.