Samford at Alabama-Birmingham Game Prediction
PREDICTED
FINAL SCORE
POINT SPREAD
Alabama-Birmingham by 24.95
TOTAL POINTS
46
UPDATED
Sunday, October 25, 2026
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RATINGS
*Ratings are relative to Division (FBS, FCS, D2, D3, NAIA)
Samford
UAB 
|
72
C-
|
Overall |
72
C-
|
|
84
B
|
Power |
69
D+
|
|
81
B-
|
Offensive |
68
D+
|
|
88
B+
|
Defensive |
73
C-
|
|
88
B+
|
SoS (Current) |
69
D+
|
|
94
A
|
SoS (Full Season) |
71
C-
|
|
76
C
|
SoR (Current) |
75
C
|
|
77
C+
|
SoR (Full Season) |
72
C-
|
RANKINGS
SamfordFCS
UABFBS
| 89 #381 overall |
Overall | 95 #126 overall |
| 50 #192 overall |
Power | 105 #110 overall |
| 61 #208 overall |
Offensive | 109 #118 overall |
| 36 #174 overall |
Defensive | 92 #93 overall |
| 36 #173 overall |
SoS (Current) | 107 #114 overall |
| 16 #147 overall |
SoS (Full Season) | 101 #101 overall |
Alabama-BirminghamFBS #9592%
SamfordFCS #898%Wk 9 (Oct 25), 2026-27: Alabama-Birmingham 92%, Samford 8% at Alabama-Birmingham.
Alabama-Birmingham's win probability against Samford has swung between 74% and 89% over the last 6 weeks, and sits at 87% now.
Alabama-Birmingham's win probability against Samford has swung between 79% and 91% over the last 6 weeks, and sits at 90% now.
Alabama-Birmingham's win probability against Samford has swung between 83% and 93% over the last 6 weeks, and sits at 92% now.
Alabama-Birmingham favored
Samford favored
Even, 50%
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Week-by-week table
| Week | At Samford | Neutral | At Alabama-Birmingham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | 89% | 91% | 93% |
| Wk 1 | 83% | 87% | 90% |
| Wk 2 | 86% | 89% | 92% |
| Wk 3 | 84% | 88% | 90% |
| Wk 4 | 83% | 87% | 90% |
| Wk 5 | 74% | 79% | 83% |
| Wk 6 | 80% | 84% | 87% |
| Wk 7 | 87% | 90% | 92% |
| Wk 8 | 89% | 91% | 93% |
| Wk 9 | 87% | 90% | 92% |
RECORDS
Samford
UAB
|
0-1 (0%) |
Head to Head |
1-0 (100%) |
|
2-6 (25%) |
Overall |
4-3 (57.1%) |
|
1-2 (33.3%) |
Home |
4-0 (100%) |
|
1-3 (25%) |
Away |
0-3 (0%) |
|
0-3 (0%) |
Versus Own Division Top 25 |
0-0 (0%) |
|
0-5 (0%) |
Versus > .500 Teams |
0-3 (0%) |
|
2-1 (66.7%) |
Versus < .500 Teams |
4-0 (100%) |
|
2-3 (40%) |
Last 5 Games |
3-2 (60%) |
SUPERLATIVES
Samford
UAB
| #359 Furman | Best Win | #176 East Carolina |
| #215 North Alabama | Worst Loss | #108 Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 38 pts vs #623 VMI | Largest MOV | 19 pts vs #381 Samford |
| 26 pts vs #95 Tennessee Tech | Largest MOD | 25 pts vs #62 Memphis |
OTHER STATISTICS
Samford
UAB
| 17.9 | Points per Game | 23.3 |
| 23.1 | Points Against | 24.6 |
| 28 | Home PPG | 28.3 |
| 20 | Home PA | 17.8 |
| 12.3 | Away PPG | 16.7 |
| 25.8 | Away PA | 33.7 |
| 32-32 | Opponent Record | 23-29 |
| 241.6 | Avg Opponent Rank | 178.3 |
| L 3 | Longest Streak | W 2 |
| W 1 | Current Streak | W 1 |
RECENT OPPONENTS
Samford
UAB
| Oct 24 | at Furman (2-6) | W13-6 | Oct 15 | vs East Carolina (3-4) | W30-17 |
| Oct 17 | vs Mercer (6-2) | L21-31 | Oct 10 | at Memphis (6-2) | L13-38 |
| Oct 10 | at Chattanooga (5-3) | L3-19 | Oct 3 | vs Samford (2-6) | W33-14 |
| Oct 3 | at Alabama-Birmingham (4-3) | L14-33 | Sep 25 | vs Navy (2-5) | W24-20 |
| Sep 26 | vs VMI (0-8) | W45-7 | Sep 19 | at Louisiana-Lafayette (5-3) | L14-21 |
| Sep 12 | at Tennessee Tech (7-1) | L19-45 | Sep 12 | vs Louisiana-Monroe (1-6) | W26-20 |
| Sep 3 | vs Southern Illinois (4-5) | L18-22 | Sep 3 | at Illinois (4-3) | L23-42 |
| Aug 29 | North Alabama (4-4) | L10-22 |