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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 6 2026 · Saturday, October 10

UAB vs Memphis prediction and pick

Our UAB Blazers at Memphis Tigers pick: Memphis by 15.8, 84% 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, 2 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 ±16.2, so about 55% 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 Memphis

Sat, Oct 10, time to be announced · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium

Memphis by 15.8 · 84% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
UAB win16.3%
Memphis win83.7%
Middle 50%: Memphis by 5 to Memphis by 2750%
Middle 90%: UAB by 11 to Memphis by 4290%
Middle 95%: UAB by 17 to Memphis by 4895%
Exactly Memphis by 35.0%
Exactly Memphis by 74.8%
Exactly Memphis by 144.3%
Exactly Memphis by 174.2%
Exactly Memphis by 214.2%
P50
Half of games like this end between Memphis by 5 and Memphis by 27.
P90
9 in 10 between UAB by 11 and Memphis by 42.
P95
19 in 20 between UAB by 17 and Memphis by 48.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsMemphis+7.7
Last seasonMemphis+4.9
Home fieldMemphis+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
UAB 2–2 1.6 +0.6
Memphis 3–1 2.6 −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 Memphis: questions and answers

Who will win UAB vs Memphis?

Our forecast picks Memphis, with 84% to win; UAB win 16% of the time.

What’s the spread for UAB vs Memphis?

Our spread: Memphis −15.8. 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 Memphis?

Saturday, October 10, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.