The venue
Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
54°F
at kickoff
13 mph
wind
20%
chance of rain
Forecast for the hour of kickoff, via Open-Meteo.
What the models make it
SP+2026
Cincinnati5.3
FPI2026
West Virginia0.3
Elo2026
Cincinnati2.2
SRS2026
West Virginia3.6
Big12ology2026
West Virginia7.4
Predicted margin in points, each system carrying its own home-field bump. The year under a name is the season those ratings come from. The market row is the spread as it stands, via collegefootballdata.com.
The series
West Virginia 2–0 Cincinnati as conference opponents since 2011.
If these two finish level in the standings, step (a) of the tiebreaker is head-to-head — which is this game. It is the first thing that separates them, before any of the six steps below it are read.