West Virginia
5–3 · 2–3 Big 12 · Rich Rodriguez, 9th season
Beat TCU 24–20, Oct 24 · Next: at No. 13 Texas Tech, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Michael Hawkins Jr. has 16 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the 4th-most by a quarterback through eight games of any season since 2004.
- The 3rd-most rushing touchdowns of 136 teams this season, 26 (3.3 a game).
- The 5th-most rushing yards of 136 teams this season, 2,105 (263.1 a game).
- Michael Hawkins Jr.West Virginia · tied for the 4th-most by a quarterback through eight games of any season since 200416rushing touchdowns
Against the closing line
West Virginia has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, 0.5 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.2 a game under, 85th of 136.
Of the 12 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, West Virginia’s −1.2 is 9th.
last 4
−0.5
before
−1.9
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Oct 3, 2026 @ Iowa State 0.0
Oct 10, 2026 vs Arizona −17.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Cincinnati +1.5
Oct 24, 2026 @ TCU +14.0
Lately
- Covered 5 of its last 10count
Nov 15, 2025 @ Arizona State +8
Nov 29, 2025 vs Texas Tech −24.5
Sep 5 vs Coastal Carolina −14- U Sep 12 vs UT Martin +3.5
Sep 19 vs Virginia +21.5
Sep 26 vs Oklahoma State −18.5- Oct 3 @ Iowa State 0
- Oct 10 vs Arizona −17.5
- Oct 17 vs Cincinnati +1.5
- Oct 24 @ TCU +14
- Won 5 of its last 10count
- Nov 15, 2025 @ Arizona State −2
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Texas Tech −49
- Sep 5 vs Coastal Carolina +7
- U Sep 12 vs UT Martin +45
- Sep 19 vs Virginia +11
- Sep 26 vs Oklahoma State −17
- Oct 3 @ Iowa State −3
- Oct 10 vs Arizona −21
- Oct 17 vs Cincinnati +3
- Oct 24 @ TCU +4
- Won 5 of its last 10 at homecount
Sep 13, 2025 vs Pittsburgh +7
Sep 27, 2025 vs Utah −34- Oct 25, 2025 vs TCU −6
Nov 8, 2025 vs Colorado +7- Nov 29, 2025 vs Texas Tech −49
- Sep 5 vs Coastal Carolina +7
- U Sep 12 vs UT Martin +45
- Sep 26 vs Oklahoma State −17
- Oct 10 vs Arizona −21
- Oct 17 vs Cincinnati +3
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +8.0 · 21st | +9.5 · 123rd |
| Total yards | +75 · 13th | +127 · 135th |
| Touchdowns | +1.4 · 14th | +1.3 · 125th |
| Passing efficiency | +12.1 · 40th | +44.5 · 136th |
| 3rd downs | +5.2% · 29th | +0.2% · 69th |
| Turnovers | −0.2 · 37th | −0.1 · 74th |
| Sacks | +0.1 · 82nd | 0.0 · 71st |
| Penalty yards | −7.9 · 43rd |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 5–3
- 2025 4–8
- 2024 6–7
- 2023 9–4
- 2022 5–7
- 2021 6–7
- 2020 6–4
- 2019 5–7
- 2018 8–4
- 2017 7–6
- 2016 10–3
- 2015 8–5
- 2014 7–6
- 2013 4–8
- 2012 7–6
- 2011 10–3
- 2010 9–4
- 2009 9–4
- 2008 9–4
- 2007 11–2
- 2006 11–2
- 2005 11–1
- 2004 8–4
- 2003 8–5
- 2002 9–4
- 2001 3–8
- 2000 7–5
- 1999 4–7
- 1998 8–4
- 1997 7–5
- 1996 8–4
- 1995 5–6
- 1994 7–6
- 1993 11–1
- 1992 5–4–2
- 1991 6–5
- 1990 4–7
- 1989 8–3–1
- 1988 11–1
- 1987 6–6
- 1986 4–7
- 1985 7–3–1
- 1984 8–4
- 1983 9–3
- 1982 9–3
- 1981 9–3
- 1980 6–6
- 1979 5–6
- 1978 2–9
- 1977 5–6
- 1976 5–6
- 1975 9–3
- 1974 4–7
- 1973 6–5
- 1972 8–4
- 1971 7–4
- 1970 8–3
- 1969 10–1
- 1968 7–3
- 1967 5–4–1
- 1966 3–5–2
- 1965 6–4
- 1964 7–4
- 1963 4–6
- 1962 8–2
- 1961 4–6
- 1960 0–8–2
- 1959 3–7
- 1958 4–5–1
- 1957 7–2–1
- 1956 6–4
- 1955 8–2
- 1954 8–1
- 1953 8–2
- 1952 7–2
- 1951 5–5
- 1950 2–8
- 1949 4–6–1
- 1948 9–3
- 1947 6–4
- 1946 5–5
- 1945 2–6–1
- 1944 5–3–1
- 1943 4–3
- 1942 5–4
- 1941 4–6
- 1940 4–4–1
- 1939 2–6–1
- 1938 4–5–1
- 1937 8–1–1
- 1936 6–4
- 1935 3–4–2
- 1934 6–4
- 1933 3–5–3
- 1932 5–5
- 1931 4–6
- 1930 5–5
- 1929 4–3–3
- 1928 8–2
- 1927 2–4–3
- 1926 6–4
- 1925 8–1
- 1924 8–1
- 1923 7–1–1
- 1922 10–0–1
- 1921 5–4–1
- 1920 5–4–1
- 1919 8–2
- 1917 6–3–1
- 1916 5–2–2
- 1915 6–1–1
- 1914 5–4
- 1913 3–4–2
- 1909 4–3–2
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.