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Wk 2 · 2026

Prairie View A&M Panthers at Baylor Bears — Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 · McLane Stadium, Waco, 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.
Prairie View A&M Panthers
FCS / Other · 0-1
3
at
8:08pET
BAY -37.5 · total 55.5 DraftKings opened -38.5 · 1 toward PV
No ratings differential: Prairie View is not in the ratings file.
Big 12 · 4-1
44

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

Prairie View: no data
Efficiency margin
Baylor: +9.0#34
Prairie View: no data
Offense (pts/100)
Baylor: 37.0
Prairie View: no data
Defense (pts/100)
Baylor: 19.0
Prairie View: no data
Pace (plays/g)
Baylor: 80.8
Prairie View: no data
Yards / play
Baylor: 5.71
Prairie View: no data
Yards / play allowed
Baylor: 4.52
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

Prairie View: 3.0
Points / game
Baylor: 34.8
Prairie View: 44.0
Points allowed
Baylor: 14.2
Prairie View: 110
Yards / game
Baylor: 461
Prairie View: no data
Yards allowed
Baylor: 327
Prairie View: no data
Pass yds allowed
Baylor: 229
Prairie View: no data
Rush yds allowed
Baylor: 97
Prairie View: 1.00
Turnovers / game
Baylor: 1.60
From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Prairie View form

L 3-44at BAY
2026 season

Baylor form

W 55-19at ASUW 23-13vs COLOW 36-19vs LTW 44-3vs PVL 16-17at AUB
2026 season

Prairie View this season

Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Against the spread0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Baylor this season

Straight up4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Against the spread4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Over / under2-3 · 40% (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, Baylor leads 1–0 · Baylor won the last one
1 meeting in 2006–2026 · average margin 41.0 points toward Baylor
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20262026-09-12Prairie View 3 — 44 Baylorat BAYBaylor

Prairie View 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.

Baylor leaders 2026 regular season

PassingDJ Lagway QB #271/133, 860 YDS, 8 TD, 2 INT
Nate Bennett QB #1247/62, 581 YDS, 6 TD, 2 INT
RushingDawson Pendergrass RB #3581 CAR, 316 YDS, 1 TD
Caden Knighten RB #1149 CAR, 244 YDS, 2 TD
Ryelan Morris RB #2522 CAR, 182 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingGavin Freeman WR #642 REC, 479 YDS, 2 TD
Louis Brown IV WR #415 REC, 253 YDS, 3 TD
Jayden McGowan WR #159 REC, 210 YDS, 4 TD
Jadon Porter WR #39 REC, 172 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesTravion Barnes LB #533
Micah Gifford S #2430
Devon Jordan CB #722
SacksDaniel Cobbs S #143
Bo Onu S #213
Devonte Tezino DL #592
InterceptionsDevon Jordan CB #72
Reggie Bush II CB #221
Micah Gifford S #241
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.