Our side
MoneylineWVU to win
ours 60%
Projected score
22–31
OKST – WVU
2026-09-26 · kickoff TBD
Milan Puskar Stadium · Morgantown, WV
B12 game
Early season
The books
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Series
Oklahoma State lead
10–6
· 16 meetings since 1928
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge West Virginia Mountaineers
202 ranks
Oklahoma State Cowboys #257 rush offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #55 run defense
Pass game
edge West Virginia Mountaineers
55 ranks
Oklahoma State Cowboys #244 pass offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass defense
Run game
even
32 ranks apart
West Virginia Mountaineers #253 rush offense
Oklahoma State Cowboys #221 run defense
Pass game
edge West Virginia Mountaineers
55 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass offense
Oklahoma State Cowboys #244 pass defense
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
West Virginia Mountaineers
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Mike Gundy · 86-46
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
Oklahoma State Cowboys
WR
Wyatt Young
13 rec · 205 yds · 1 TD
#44 WR
RB
Caleb Hawkins
189 rush yds · 1 TD · 8 rec
#56 RB
LB
Ethan Wesloski
16 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL
#101 LB
QB
Drew Mestemaker
558 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT
#38 QB
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
Oklahoma State offense vs West Virginia defense-2.6 pts
West Virginia offense vs Oklahoma State defense+0.2 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 963 mi
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.