Liberty Flames Football

Liberty opens the 2026 season against James Madison on Saturday, Sep 5 at Bridgeforth Stadium.

The Read

Liberty opens a 6.5-point underdog. Our model gives Liberty a 34% chance.

WIN PROBABILITY

JMU 66% LIB 34%

PROJECTED FINAL

James Madison

29

Liberty

22

LIB win
34% One-score game
37%

What's driving the model

Ratings edge (Elo) JMU

Home-field edge JMU

Market lean JMU

Model projection JMU

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

Sim the game Liberty @ James Madison

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Liberty @ James Madison

Sat, Sep 5 · 12:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELJMU 66% to win

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Gardner-Webb @ Liberty

Sat, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELLIB 94% to win

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Ball State @ Liberty

Sat, Sep 19 · 4:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELLIB 93% to win

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Liberty @ Coastal Carolina

Thu, Sep 24 · 7:30 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELLIB 63% to win

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Standings

Full standings →

Place	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	JXSTJacksonville StateJXST	0–0	0–1
4	KENNKennesaw StateKENN	0–0	0–0
5	LIBLibertyLIB	0–0	0–0
6	MTSUMiddle TennesseeMTSU	0–0	0–0
7	MOSTMissouri StateMOST	0–0	0–0

Rankings

All rankings →

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

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