Wk 8 · 2026
Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills — Sun, Nov 1
Sun, Nov 1 ·
Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
· CBS
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 16 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
AFC North · 4-1
at
1:00pET
BUF -2.5 · total 51.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential BUF by 3.8
AFC East · 4-1
What is at stake
An AFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 AFC playoff places. Division standings.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Ravens form
W 30-23at ATLW 24-18vs TENW 34-31at DALL 17-24vs NOW 41-23at IND
2026 season
Bills form
W 37-34at LARL 26-29vs NEW 24-16vs LACW 41-31vs DETW 36-31at HOU
2026 season
Ravens this season
Straight up4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Against the spread2-2-1 · 50% (5 games)
Over / under3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Bills this season
Straight up4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Against the spread4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Over / under4-1 · 80% (5 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 2
| Opponent | Ravens | Bills |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers AFC | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview | vs W 24-16 preview |
| Texans AFC | at Wk 12 · scheduled preview | at W 36-31 preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, the series is level at 6–6 · Bills has won the last 2
12 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
5.8 points toward Ravens
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-07 | Ravens 40 — 41 Bills | at BUF | Bills |
| 2024 | 2025-01-19 | Ravens 25 — 27 Bills | at BUF | Bills playoffs |
| 2024 | 2024-09-29 | Bills 10 — 35 Ravens | at BAL | Ravens |
| 2022 | 2022-10-02 | Bills 23 — 20 Ravens | at BAL | Bills |
| 2020 | 2021-01-16 | Ravens 3 — 17 Bills | at BUF | Bills playoffs |
| 2019 | 2019-12-08 | Ravens 24 — 17 Bills | at BUF | Ravens |
| 2018 | 2018-09-09 | Bills 3 — 47 Ravens | at BAL | Ravens |
| 2016 | 2016-09-11 | Bills 7 — 13 Ravens | at BAL | Ravens |
| 2013 | 2013-09-29 | Ravens 20 — 23 Bills | at BUF | Bills |
| 2010 | 2010-10-24 | Bills 34 — 37 Ravens | at BAL | Ravens |
| 2007 | 2007-10-21 | Ravens 14 — 19 Bills | at BUF | Bills |
| 2006 | 2006-12-31 | Bills 7 — 19 Ravens | at BAL | Ravens |
Ravens leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Lamar Jackson QB #8 | 68/96, 967 YDS, 6 TD, 1 INT |
| Tyler Huntley QB #5 | 8/9, 63 YDS | |
| Rushing | Derrick Henry RB #22 | 89 CAR, 374 YDS, 7 TD |
| Lamar Jackson QB #8 | 19 CAR, 144 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Justice Hill RB #43 | 14 CAR, 60 YDS | |
| Receiving | Zay Flowers WR #4 | 18 REC, 352 YDS, 2 TD |
| Rashod Bateman WR #7 | 11 REC, 171 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Mark Andrews TE #89 | 18 REC, 149 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Matthew Hibner TE #88 | 5 REC, 70 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Roquan Smith LB #0 | 34 |
| Kyle Hamilton S #14 | 33 | |
| Trenton Simpson LB #32 | 26 | |
| Sacks | Tavius Robinson LB #95 | 2 |
| Trey Hendrickson LB #91 | 1 | |
| Roquan Smith LB #0 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Roquan Smith LB #0 | 1 |
| Trenton Simpson LB #32 | 1 |
Bills leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Josh Allen QB #17 | 79/119, 1039 YDS, 6 TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | James Cook III RB #4 | 70 CAR, 421 YDS, 3 TD |
| Josh Allen QB #17 | 33 CAR, 118 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Ray Davis RB #7 | 2 CAR, 6 YDS | |
| Receiving | Dalton Kincaid TE #86 | 15 REC, 270 YDS, 1 TD |
| Keon Coleman WR #0 | 14 REC, 217 YDS, 1 TD | |
| DJ Moore WR #2 | 12 REC, 178 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Khalil Shakir WR #10 | 15 REC, 176 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Dorian Williams LB #42 | 32 |
| Terrel Bernard LB #8 | 29 | |
| Cole Bishop S #24 | 25 | |
| Sacks | Greg Rousseau LB #15 | 6 |
| Bradley Chubb LB #9 | 1.5 | |
| Deone Walker DT #96 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | C.J. Gardner-Johnson S #22 | 1 |
| Dee Alford CB #23 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.