Our side
MoneylineMEM to win
ours 87%
Projected score
21–33
UAB – MEM
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · Memphis, TN
AAC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
UAB lead
11–7
· 18 meetings since 1997
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
9 ranks apart
UAB Blazers #77 rush offense
Memphis Tigers #68 run defense
Pass game
edge UAB Blazers
127 ranks
UAB Blazers #103 pass offense
Memphis Tigers #230 pass defense
Run game
edge Memphis Tigers
229 ranks
Memphis Tigers #15 rush offense
UAB Blazers #244 run defense
Pass game
edge Memphis Tigers
126 ranks
Memphis Tigers #132 pass offense
UAB Blazers #258 pass defense
UAB Blazers
Balanced · 52% run
Ball-control
Memphis Tigers
Balanced · 51% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 52 rush ypg
Trent Dilfer · 9-21 · offense-minded
Ryan Silverfield · 50-24 · offense-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
UAB Blazers
K
Jonah Delange
7 FG · 4 XP · 25 pts
#6 K
LB
Ike Esonwune
15 tkl
#67 LB
LB
Muaaz Byard
20 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#126 LB
DB
Jo'Tavion Pierce
11 tkl · 1 PD
#244 DB
Memphis Tigers
TE
Hunter Tipton
14 rec · 291 yds · 2 TD
#1 TE
DL
Elijah Kinsler
18 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#8 DL
RB
Jaylin Carter
375 rush yds · 6 TD · 2 rec
#5 RB
LB
Zach Ruffin
24 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#12 LB
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
UAB offense vs Memphis defense-4.5 pts
Memphis offense vs UAB defense+11.8 pts
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.