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Wk 2 · 2026

Grambling Tigers at TCU Horned Frogs — Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 · Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX · ESPN+ FINAL

Weather

No forecast yet. 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.
Grambling Tigers
FCS / Other · 0-1
7
at
8:00pET
TCU -44.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings opened -43.5 · 1 toward TCU
No ratings differential: Grambling is not in the ratings file.
Big 12 · 2-3
63

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

Grambling: no data
Efficiency margin
TCU: +5.7#44
Grambling: no data
Offense (pts/100)
TCU: 31.6
Grambling: no data
Defense (pts/100)
TCU: 16.9
Grambling: no data
Pace (plays/g)
TCU: 66.0
Grambling: no data
Yards / play
TCU: 6.14
Grambling: no data
Yards / play allowed
TCU: 4.57
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

Grambling: 7.0
Points / game
TCU: 25.4
Grambling: 63.0
Points allowed
TCU: 13.4
Grambling: 210
Yards / game
TCU: 405
Grambling: no data
Yards allowed
TCU: 255
Grambling: no data
Pass yds allowed
TCU: 155
Grambling: no data
Rush yds allowed
TCU: 100
Grambling: 2.00
Turnovers / game
TCU: 1.40
From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Grambling form

L 7-63at TCU
2026 season

TCU form

L 10-17vs BYUL 13-21at UCFW 31-7vs ARSTW 63-7vs GRAML 10-15vs UNC
2026 season

Grambling this season

Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Against the spread0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Over / under1-0 · 100% (1 games)

TCU this season

Straight up2-3 · 40% (5 games)
Against the spread2-3 · 40% (5 games)
Over / under1-4 · 20% (5 games)
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

Since 2006, TCU leads 2–0 · TCU has won the last 2
2 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 56.0 points toward TCU
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20262026-09-12Grambling 7 — 63 TCUat TCUTCU
20122012-09-08Grambling 0 — 56 TCUat TCUTCU

Grambling leaders

No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.

TCU leaders 2026 regular season

PassingJaden Craig QB #1108/157, 1400 YDS, 8 TD, 4 INT
Adam Schobel QB #110/1, 0 YDS
RushingJeremy Payne RB #2687 CAR, 432 YDS, 2 TD
Jon Denman RB #223 CAR, 76 YDS, 2 TD
Joe Pitchford RB #2411 CAR, 51 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingEd Small WR #1828 REC, 403 YDS, 1 TD
Kari Ashley TE #8125 REC, 374 YDS, 4 TD
Jeremy Scott WR #613 REC, 183 YDS, 1 TD
Jacobe Hayes WR #809 REC, 133 YDS
Defense
TacklesHudson Hooper LB #3727
Jamel Johnson S #226
Max Carroll LB #321
SacksAnsel Din-Mbuh DT #922
John Schobel EDGE #142
Markis Deal DT #951.5
InterceptionsVernon Glover Jr. CB #11
Teon Parks CB #211
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.