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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Saturday, November 28

Sacramento State vs Hawai'i prediction and pick

Our Sacramento State Hornets at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors pick: Hawai'i by 14.3, 80% 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, 9 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 ±17.1, 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.

Sacramento State at Hawai'i

Sat, Nov 28, 11:00 pm ET · Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex

Hawai'i by 14.3 · 80% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Sacramento State win20.0%
Hawai'i win80.0%
Middle 50%: Hawai'i by 3 to Hawai'i by 2650%
Middle 90%: Sacramento State by 14 to Hawai'i by 4290%
Middle 95%: Sacramento State by 19 to Hawai'i by 4895%
Exactly Hawai'i by 35.3%
Exactly Hawai'i by 74.8%
Exactly Hawai'i by 144.1%
Exactly Hawai'i by 174.0%
Exactly Sacramento State by 33.9%
P50
Half of games like this end between Hawai'i by 3 and Hawai'i by 26.
P90
9 in 10 between Sacramento State by 14 and Hawai'i by 42.
P95
19 in 20 between Sacramento State by 19 and Hawai'i by 48.
Where the forecast comes from
Last seasonHawai'i+9.1
Home fieldHawai'i+3.1
This season, against its opponentsHawai'i+2.0

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Sacramento State 1–4 1.1 −0.3
Hawai'i 1–3 1.6 +0.3

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.

Sacramento State vs Hawai'i: questions and answers

Who will win Sacramento State vs Hawai'i?

Our forecast picks Hawai'i, with 80% to win; Sacramento State win 20% of the time.

What’s the spread for Sacramento State vs Hawai'i?

Our spread: Hawai'i −14.3. 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 Sacramento State vs Hawai'i?

Saturday, November 28, 2026, at 11:00 pm ET, at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.