Wk 1 · 2026
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors at Stanford Cardinal — Sat, Aug 29
Sat, Aug 29 ·
Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
· ACC Network 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.
at
7:00pET
STAN -4.5 · total 48.5 DraftKings opened -4 · 0.5 toward STAN
Ratings differential STAN by 5.3
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.
Hawai'i form
L 12-30at ASUL 16-20vs SJSUL 10-27at WYOW 29-19vs NMSUL 6-21vs UNLV
2026 season
Stanford form
L 7-58at NDL 3-57at WAKEW 34-27vs GTL 7-35at DUKEL 6-45vs MIA
2026 season
Hawai'i this season
Straight up1-5 · 17% (6 games)
Against the spread2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Over / under1-5 · 17% (6 games)
Stanford this season
Straight up2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Against the spread2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Over / under5-1 · 83% (6 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, Stanford leads 2–1 · Stanford won the last one
3 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
6.7 points toward Stanford
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-08-29 | Hawai'i 27 — 37 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2025 | 2025-08-23 | Stanford 20 — 23 Hawai'i | at HAW | Hawai'i |
| 2023 | 2023-09-01 | Stanford 37 — 24 Hawai'i | at HAW | Stanford |
Hawai'i leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Micah Alejado QB #12 | 132/216, 1361 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT |
| Tama Uiliata WR #8 | 1/1, 7 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | DeVon Rice RB #1 | 59 CAR, 276 YDS, 3 TD |
| Sitani Mikaele RB #26 | 21 CAR, 67 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Cam Barfield RB #0 | 11 CAR, 43 YDS | |
| Receiving | Kainoa Carvalho WR #6 | 22 REC, 249 YDS |
| Tama Uiliata WR #8 | 27 REC, 245 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Devin Alves WR #11 | 7 REC, 167 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Audric Harris WR #2 | 11 REC, 166 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Kona Moore DB #2 | 38 |
| Jamih Otis LB #11 | 35 | |
| Matagi Thompson DB #25 | 31 | |
| Sacks | Julian Smith LB #7 | 2 |
| Wynden Ho'ohuli LB #12 | 1 | |
| Ka'eo Akana DL #10 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Jamih Otis LB #11 | 1 |
| Jaylon Edmond DB #5 | 1 |
Stanford leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Davis Warren QB #8 | 102/173, 1207 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT |
| Michael Mitchell Jr. QB #9 | 5/8, 32 YDS | |
| Rushing | Micah Ford RB #20 | 82 CAR, 302 YDS, 4 TD |
| Sedrick Irvin RB #26 | 35 CAR, 145 YDS | |
| Champ Hampton RB #34 | 6 CAR, 27 YDS | |
| Receiving | Caden High WR #0 | 17 REC, 266 YDS, 3 TD |
| Benji Blackburn TE #88 | 20 REC, 159 YDS | |
| Zion Robinson WR #2 | 7 REC, 155 YDS | |
| Nico Brown WR #23 | 10 REC, 148 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Matt Rose LB #35 | 38 |
| Jay Green S #5 | 31 | |
| Sam Mattingly LB #10 | 24 | |
| Sacks | Gabe Kaminski LB #49 | 2 |
| Omar Staples DL #45 | 1.5 | |
| Sam Mattingly LB #10 | 0.5 | |
| Interceptions | Brandon Nicholson CB #9 | 1 |
| Darrius Davis S #6 | 1 | |
| Charlie Eckhardt S #39 | 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.