Our side
MoneylineARIZ to win
ours 25%
Projected score
30–22
ARIZ – WVU
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Milan Puskar Stadium · Morgantown, WV
B12 game
Early season
The books
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Series
West Virginia lead
1–0
· 1 meeting since 2024
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
10 ranks apart
Arizona Wildcats #65 rush offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #55 run defense
Pass game
edge Arizona Wildcats
83 ranks
Arizona Wildcats #106 pass offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass defense
Run game
edge Arizona Wildcats
141 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #253 rush offense
Arizona Wildcats #112 run defense
Pass game
edge Arizona Wildcats
111 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass offense
Arizona Wildcats #78 pass defense
Arizona Wildcats
Balanced · 51% run
Avg pace
West Virginia Mountaineers
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Brent Brennan · 47-60
Rich Rodriguez · 39-38 · defense-minded
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Arizona Wildcats
QB
Noah Fifita
492 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#42 QB
WR
Giovanni Richardson
13 rec · 144 yds
#162 WR
LB
Chase Kennedy
9 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#182 LB
RB
Kedrick Reescano
97 rush yds · 2 TD · 3 rec
#152 RB
West Virginia Mountaineers
RB
Cam Cook
194 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec
#38 RB
QB
Michael Hawkins Jr.
287 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
#21 QB
LB
Isaiah Patterson
14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#193 LB
WR
DJ Epps
5 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD
#211 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Arizona offense vs West Virginia defense+3.1 pts
West Virginia offense vs Arizona defense-9.8 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,798 mi
Altitude · context only414 m lower than the visitor's home elevation
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.