Saturday at Mountaineer Field

West Virginia (1-0) hosts UT Martin (1-1) at 1:00 p.m. EST. The game streams on ESPN+ rather than showing up on cable.

“Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. EST and the action will stream on ESPN+.”

134 seasons deep

This is West Virginia's 134th season of football. The Mountaineers are the winningest program in the Big 12 and rank 16th in all of college football.

Rodriguez is 194 wins in

Rich Rodriguez carries 194 career victories into the season, third most among active Power Four head coaches.

A fortress since 1980

Milan Puskar Stadium is in its 47th season. West Virginia is 203-83-4 there, a .711 win rate across nearly three hundred games.

Home openers are nearly automatic

West Virginia is 103-22-6 in home openers and has won 20 of the last 22. Since 2000 the mark is 23-3.

Nonconference at home is a rout

Since 2010 the Mountaineers are 41-19 in nonconference games, and 29-2 of those came in Morgantown.

An almost new roster

Only 34 players return, nine of whom have started a game. West Virginia added 88 new players in 2026, split 40 offense, 44 defense, four special teams.

The ground game decides it

Over the past decade West Virginia is 68-31 when it rushes for at least 100 yards. It has cleared 140 rushing yards in 33 of the last 40 games.

Passing yards are not the tell

Since 2012 the Mountaineers have thrown for 300-plus yards 54 times, but they are only 36-19 in those games. Volume through the air does not guarantee a win.

Win the turnover battle, win

Since 2002 West Virginia is 105-19 when it wins the turnover margin. That is the single clearest predictor in the whole sheet.