Wk 1 · 2026
UAB Blazers at Illinois Fighting Illini — Thu, Sep 3
Thu, Sep 3 ·
Gies Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
· BTN
American · no games yet
at
9:00pET
ILL -28.5 · total 55.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential ILL by 18.7
Big Ten · 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.
UAB form
No completed games on record.
Illinois form
No completed games on record.
UAB 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.
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.
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.
UAB leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Jalen Kitna QB #7 | 223/336, 2462 YDS, 13 TD, 10 INT |
| Ryder Burton QB #5 | 62/98, 708 YDS, 7 TD, 5 INT | |
| Rushing | Jevon Jackson RB #4 | 167 CAR, 900 YDS, 5 TD |
| Isaiah Jacobs RB #3 | 79 CAR, 342 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Solomon Beebe RB #28 | 56 CAR, 338 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Receiving | Iverson Hooks WR #2 | 72 REC, 927 YDS, 7 TD |
| Brandon Hawkins Jr. WR #6 | 41 REC, 540 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Corri Milliner WR #0 | 24 REC, 341 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Solomon Beebe RB #28 | 31 REC, 284 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Devin Hightower LB #24 | 81 |
| Jeremiah Vessel S #13 | 54 | |
| AJ Brown DE #7 | 53 | |
| Sacks | Chris Burge DE #59 | 3.5 |
| Jonathan Allen DT #92 | 2 | |
| Eddy Toussom LB #5 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Pierre Royster S #7 | 2 |
| Devin Hightower LB #24 | 1 | |
| T'sai McDaniel CB #29 | 1 |
Illinois leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Luke Altmyer QB #9 | 226/332, 2811 YDS, 21 TD, 5 INT |
| Hank Beatty WR #80 | 2/2, 31 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Ca'Lil Valentine RB #5 | 123 CAR, 549 YDS, 4 TD |
| Kaden Feagin TE #83 | 119 CAR, 499 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Aidan Laughery RB #21 | 62 CAR, 305 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Hank Beatty WR #80 | 64 REC, 826 YDS, 3 TD |
| Collin Dixon WR #17 | 33 REC, 538 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Hudson Clement WR #13 | 33 REC, 406 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Justin Bowick WR #0 | 19 REC, 234 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Matthew Bailey DB #7 | 76 |
| Miles Scott S #10 | 59 | |
| Dylan Rosiek LB #28 | 49 | |
| Sacks | Gabe Jacas EDGE #17 | 11 |
| Leon Lowery Jr. LB #9 | 2 | |
| Tomiwa Durojaiye DL #13 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Miles Scott S #10 | 3 |
| Dylan Rosiek LB #28 | 1 | |
| Torrie Cox Jr. DB #5 | 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.