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Current season Vegas win totals and transfer-portal swing right now, plus what fans are actually saying — not history, this year.
Transfer portal
-24
portal net points (weighted) · raw ledger: -26
Transfer portal
+1
portal net points (weighted) · raw ledger: +3
Stature & the series, 1930–2018 Both programs’ standing over time, each line named at its end, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won. (Stature is each program’s season-by-season standing on the Zeitgeist List, 1936–present — one score blending on-field performance, program achievement, and roster talent.)
program stature over time Villanova Temple every meeting (bar height = margin; dark: Villanova won, gray: Temple won) 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Temple once won 4 in a row. The biggest win was Temple by 38 in 1975. The biggest crowd, 35,117, was in 2017.
The draft ledger Every NFL Draft pick either program has produced since the modern era began, decade by decade.
Draft picks
12-41
Temple leads
Since
1967
First CFBD-carried draft class
Villanova Temple
1960s 1-0
1970s 4-6
1980s 1-6
1990s 0-2
2000s 2-6
2010s 3-16
2020s 1-5
Best picks, either side 1986 John Rienstra Offensive Guard · Pittsburgh Steelers Rd 1, pick 9 #9 overall 1969 Rich Moore Defensive Tackle · Green Bay Packers Rd 1, pick 12 #12 overall 2017 Haason Reddick Inside Linebacker · Arizona Cardinals Rd 1, pick 13 #13 overall 1987 Paul Palmer Running Back · Kansas City Chiefs Rd 1, pick 19 #19 overall 1972 Mike Siani Wide Receiver · Oakland Raiders Rd 1, pick 21 #21 overall 2011 Muhammad Wilkerson Defensive End · New York Jets Rd 1, pick 30 #30 overall 1994 Tre' Johnson Offensive Tackle · Washington Redskins Rd 2, pick 2 #31 overall 2019 Rock Ya-Sin Cornerback · Indianapolis Colts Rd 2, pick 2 #34 overall
Recent meetings They haven’t met since 2018 — 8 seasons and counting.
2018 VILL Villanova 19-17 TEM Temple — Temple favored by 15.0 2017 TEM Temple 16-13 VILL 2012 TEM Temple 41-10 VILL 2011 TEM Temple 42-7 VILL 2010 TEM Temple 31-24 VILL 2009 VILL Villanova 27-24 TEM Temple — decided by 3 2003 VILL Villanova 23-20 TEM Temple — decided by 3 1980 VILL Villanova 23-7 TEM 1979 TEM Temple 42-10 VILL 1978 TEM Temple 27-17 VILL 1977 TEM Temple 38-15 VILL 1976 VILL Villanova 24-7 TEM 1975 TEM Temple 41-3 VILL 1974 TEM Temple 17-7 VILL
How to read this. Head-to-head from every recorded meeting; stature is each program’s season-by-season standing on the Zeitgeist List (1936–present). Facts only — the framing is ours, the games are theirs.