West Virginia Mountaineers Football

West Virginia opens the 2026 season against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, Sep 5 at Milan Puskar Stadium.

The Read

West Virginia opens a 21-point favorite. Our model gives West Virginia a 91% chance.

WIN PROBABILITY

WVU 91% CCU 9%

PROJECTED FINAL

West Virginia

38

Coastal Carolina

17

WVU win
91% One-score game
18%

What's driving the model

Ratings edge (Elo) WVU

Home-field edge WVU

Market lean WVU

Model projection WVU

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

Sim the game Coastal Carolina @ West Virginia

Your sims:Sims: WVU 0, CCU 0

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Coastal Carolina @ West Virginia

Sat, Sep 5 · 12:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELWVU 91% to win

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UT Martin @ West Virginia

Sat, Sep 12 · 1:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELWVU 97% to win

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VS

West Virginia vs Virginia

Sat, Sep 19 · 7:30 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELUVA 72% to win

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Oklahoma State @ West Virginia

TBD

CFB VIBES MODELOKST 60% to win

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Standings

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Place	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	KSUKansas StateKSU	0–0	0–0
13	OKSTOklahoma StateOKST	0–0	0–0
14	TCUTCU	0–0	0–1
15	UCFUCF	0–0	0–0
16	WVUWest VirginiaWVU	0–0	0–0

Rankings

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

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