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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 11 2026 · Tuesday, November 10

Kent State vs Bowling Green prediction and pick

Our Kent State Golden Flashes at Bowling Green Falcons pick: Bowling Green by 3.5, 58% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 7 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.0, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Kent State at Bowling Green

Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 pm ET · Doyt L. Perry Stadium

Bowling Green by 3.5 · 58% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Kent State win41.7%
Bowling Green win58.3%
Middle 50%: Kent State by 7 to Bowling Green by 1550%
Middle 90%: Kent State by 24 to Bowling Green by 3290%
Middle 95%: Kent State by 30 to Bowling Green by 3795%
Exactly Bowling Green by 36.6%
Exactly Kent State by 36.1%
Exactly Bowling Green by 75.2%
Exactly Kent State by 74.4%
Exactly Bowling Green by 143.4%
P50
Half of games like this end between Kent State by 7 and Bowling Green by 15.
P90
9 in 10 between Kent State by 24 and Bowling Green by 32.
P95
19 in 20 between Kent State by 30 and Bowling Green by 37.
Where the forecast comes from
Last seasonBowling Green+4.5
This season, against its opponentsKent State+4.1
Home fieldBowling Green+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Kent State 2–2 1.9 +0.1
Bowling Green 0–4 0.0 −0.6

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Kent State vs Bowling Green: questions and answers

Who will win Kent State vs Bowling Green?

Our forecast picks Bowling Green, with 58% to win; Kent State win 42% of the time.

What’s the spread for Kent State vs Bowling Green?

Our spread: Bowling Green −3.5. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Kent State vs Bowling Green?

Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 7:00 pm ET, at Doyt L. Perry Stadium.