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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Saturday, November 28

UAB vs North Texas prediction and pick

Our UAB Blazers at North Texas Mean Green pick: North Texas by 21.5, 90% 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.

UAB at North Texas

Sat, Nov 28, time to be announced · DATCU Stadium

North Texas by 21.5 · 90% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
UAB win10.3%
North Texas win89.8%
Middle 50%: North Texas by 10 to North Texas by 3350%
Middle 90%: UAB by 7 to North Texas by 4990%
Middle 95%: UAB by 12 to North Texas by 5595%
Exactly North Texas by 214.2%
Exactly North Texas by 284.1%
Exactly North Texas by 173.9%
Exactly North Texas by 143.8%
Exactly North Texas by 73.7%
P50
Half of games like this end between North Texas by 10 and North Texas by 33.
P90
9 in 10 between UAB by 7 and North Texas by 49.
P95
19 in 20 between UAB by 12 and North Texas by 55.
Where the forecast comes from
Last seasonNorth Texas+9.5
This season, against its opponentsNorth Texas+8.9
Home fieldNorth Texas+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
UAB 2–2 1.6 +0.6
North Texas 2–2 2.0 −0.2

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.

UAB vs North Texas: questions and answers

Who will win UAB vs North Texas?

Our forecast picks North Texas, with 90% to win; UAB win 10% of the time.

What’s the spread for UAB vs North Texas?

Our spread: North Texas −21.5. 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 UAB vs North Texas?

Saturday, November 28, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at DATCU Stadium.