Akron Zips Football

Akron opens the 2026 season against Wake Forest on Thursday, Sep 3 at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.

The Read

Akron opens a 23.5-point underdog. Our model gives Akron a 7% chance.

WIN PROBABILITY

WAKE 93% AKR 7%

PROJECTED FINAL

Wake Forest

37

Akron

13

AKR win
7% One-score game
15%

What's driving the model

Ratings edge (Elo) WAKE

Home-field edge WAKE

Market lean WAKE

Model projection WAKE

Each game samples a margin around the market spread and a final total around the market total.

Sim the game Akron @ Wake Forest

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Akron @ Wake Forest

Thu, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELWAKE 93% to win

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Robert Morris @ Akron

Sat, Sep 12 · 3:30 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELAKR 70% to win

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Akron @ Minnesota

Sat, Sep 19 · 11:00 AM CDT

CFB VIBES MODELMINN 97% to win

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UNLV @ Akron

TBD

CFB VIBES MODELUNLV 91% to win

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Standings

Full standings →

Place	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	EMUEastern MichiganEMU	1–0	1–0
2	AKRAkronAKR	0–0	0–0
3	BALLBall StateBALL	0–0	0–0
4	BGSUBowling GreenBGSU	0–0	0–0
5	BUFBuffaloBUF	0–0	0–0

Rankings

All rankings →

Rank	AP TOP 25
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	NDNotre DameND
–	AKRAkronAKR

Rank	COACHES
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	TEXTexasTEX
–	AKRAkronAKR