CFB TEAM RESEARCH · Big 12

West Virginia

Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.

SEASON SNAPSHOT

2026 regular season

3-2Record
37.4PPG
28.8PPG Allowed
2-1Home
0-1Away
1-0Neutral
0-2Conference
5Games
2-2-1ATS · W-L-P
5-0-0O/U · O-U-P

2026 regular season · 5 completed games · Big 12. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #27; PPG allowed #110. ATS coverage 5/5; totals coverage 5/5. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.

SEASON RESULTSeason in progress

Overall record including postseason: 3-2. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.

SEASON LEADERSHIP

Coaching staff

HEAD COACHRich RodriguezSeason head coach · coaching record not supplied

Head-coaching records: CollegeFootballData. Coordinator history is not supplied by this source. Multiple coaches are shown when credited with games.

RECRUITING CLASS

Incoming signing class

#25National recruiting class rank
229.51Recruiting class points

2026 signing class · CollegeFootballData team recruiting rankings. This is the incoming recruiting class, not a roster or transfer-portal ranking.

ADVANCED METRICS

Offense and defense

PPA per play0.23FBS #43 of 138
PPA per play0.21FBS #121 of 138
Success rate44.8%FBS #58 of 138
Success rate46.2%FBS #125 of 138
Explosiveness1.31FBS #42 of 138
Explosiveness1.23FBS #66 of 138
Points per scoring opportunity4.34FBS #42 of 138
Points per scoring opportunity3.82FBS #100 of 138
Power success rate65.4%FBS #104 of 138
Power success rate73.9%FBS #87 of 138
Stuff rate14.6%FBS #42 of 138
Stuff rate20.3%FBS #53 of 138
Line yards per rush3.26FBS #51 of 138
Line yards per rush3.03FBS #86 of 138
Second-level yards1.15FBS #58 of 138
Second-level yards1.12FBS #100 of 138
Open-field yards1.84FBS #20 of 138
Open-field yards1.48FBS #105 of 138
Passing success rate36.4%FBS #126 of 138
Passing success rate53.3%FBS #136 of 138
Passing PPA0.29FBS #57 of 138
Passing PPA0.39FBS #120 of 138
Passing explosiveness2.33FBS #1 of 138
Passing explosiveness1.47FBS #46 of 138
Rushing success rate48.1%FBS #36 of 138
Rushing success rate40.7%FBS #61 of 138
Rushing PPA0.21FBS #33 of 138
Rushing PPA0.07FBS #69 of 138
Rushing explosiveness1.04FBS #43 of 138
Rushing explosiveness0.96FBS #79 of 138
Standard downs success rate48.5%FBS #75 of 138
Standard downs success rate52.5%FBS #127 of 138
Standard downs PPA0.16FBS #44 of 138
Standard downs PPA0.18FBS #122 of 138
Standard downs explosiveness1.08FBS #48 of 138
Standard downs explosiveness1.06FBS #96 of 138
Passing downs success rate34.8%FBS #49 of 138
Passing downs success rate30.5%FBS #81 of 138
Passing downs PPA0.39FBS #44 of 138
Passing downs PPA0.30FBS #98 of 138
Passing downs explosiveness2.18FBS #40 of 138
Passing downs explosiveness1.98FBS #63 of 138
Havoc allowed12.2%FBS #32 of 138
Havoc rate14.2%FBS #91 of 138
Total yards per game472FBS #25 of 138
Total yards per game456.60FBS #133 of 138
Passing yards per game178FBS #117 of 138
Passing yards per game288.20FBS #133 of 138
Rushing yards per game294FBS #3 of 138
Rushing yards per game168.40FBS #107 of 138
Turnovers5FBS #52 of 138
Turnovers forced6FBS #62 of 138
3rd-down conversions38FBS #7 of 138
3rd-down conversions22FBS #44 of 138
3rd-down conversion rate50.7%FBS #18 of 138
3rd-down conversion rate34.9%FBS #50 of 138

CFBD season statistics, including postseason where supplied. Advanced metrics exclude garbage time. PPA is predicted points added per play. Explosiveness is the provider’s successful-play metric, not an explosive-play percentage. FBS ranks compare the same source metric and season; ties share ranks.

SEASON LEADERS

Players who led the team

Passing Leader

Michael Hawkins Jr.

FBS #92 · 836 season total

47CMP83ATT836Yards7TD1INT56.63%CMP%166.66NCAA rating

Rushing Leader

Cam Cook

FBS #2 · 652 season total

119Carries652Yards5TD5.48Yards/carry

Receiving Leader

DJ Epps

FBS #28 · 393 season total

14REC393Yards4TD28.07Yards/REC

Tackles Leader

Isaiah Patterson

FBS #62 · 37 season total

37Total16Solo21Assists1.50TFL1Sacks

Sacks Leader

Ashton Woods

FBS #122 · 2 season total

2Sacks3TFL0QB hurries16Tackles

Defensive Interceptions Leader

Kamari Wilson

FBS #64 · 1 season total

1INT1Passes defended0Defensive TDs3Return yards30Tackles

Full-season player totals include bowls and playoffs. Each category starts with its main metric and uses secondary statistics only to break team ties. FBS ranks use combined player totals across FBS teams; tied totals share ranks. Defensive TDs follow the provider’s defensive-return touchdown totals. A dash means the provider did not return that statistic. CFBD is the primary source; 2015 defensive statistics are supplemented from ESPN.

FULL SEASON SCHEDULE

Results and market lines

WkDateSiteOpponentResultScoreSpreadATSTotalO/U
12026-09-05HCoastal CarolinaW31–24-21L54.5O
22026-09-12HUT MartinW52–7-41.5W57.5O
32026-09-19NVirginiaW38–27+10.5W51.5O
42026-09-26HOklahoma StateL24–41-1.5L60.5O
52026-10-03AIowa StateL42–45+3P53O
62026-10-10HArizona——+3—61—
72026-10-17HCincinnati——————
82026-10-24ATCU——————
102026-11-07ATexas Tech——————
112026-11-14HKansas——————
122026-11-21HHouston——————
132026-11-28AUtah——————

H = home · A = away · N = neutral · Post = postseason. Source-reported spreads and totals; unverified closing status. Conference championships follow the source's regular-season classification.

Sources: CollegeFootballData; logos and team identity: ESPN. Historical conferences follow each season's game records.