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Stanford

ACC · 1-1 (0-1 ACC) · power +4.0 · #132
Our side · spreadDUKE -9.5 our number DUKE -15.0 · 5.5 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -4.3 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Duke

ACC · 2-0 · power +21.6 · #29
Our side
SpreadDUKE -9.5 ours DUKE -15.0
TotalOver 50.5 ours 53.1
MoneylineDUKE to win ours 86% · book 77%
Distance from the market 5.5 pts / +2.6 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 19–34 STAN – DUKE
2026-09-19 · 4:00 PM Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC ACC game Early season

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Ours vs the market

SpreadDuke -15.0
the marketDuke -9.5
Total53.1
the market50.5
Duke win86% vs 77%

Both percentages are Duke’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Series Stanford lead 3–1 · 4 meetings since 1971
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Duke Blue Devils 99 ranks
Stanford Cardinal #254 rush offense Duke Blue Devils #155 run defense
Pass game edge Stanford Cardinal 46 ranks
Stanford Cardinal #179 pass offense Duke Blue Devils #225 pass defense
Run game edge Stanford Cardinal 121 ranks
Duke Blue Devils #138 rush offense Stanford Cardinal #17 run defense
Pass game edge Duke Blue Devils 158 ranks
Duke Blue Devils #54 pass offense Stanford Cardinal #212 pass defense
Stanford Cardinal Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Duke Blue Devils Balanced · 49% run Avg pace
Frank Reich · 4-8 Manny Diaz · 39-24 · offense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Stanford Cardinal
LB Matt Rose 21 tkl · 1.5 TFL #51 LB
TE Benji Blackburn 12 rec · 101 yds #27 TE
RB Micah Ford 126 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec #61 RB
DB Charlie Eckhardt 11 tkl · 1 INT #226 DB
Duke Blue Devils
RB Nate Sheppard 374 rush yds · 3 TD · 8 rec #1 RB
DL Bryce Davis 11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #57 DL
WR Jonah Burton 7 rec · 114 yds · 1 TD #190 WR
TE Jeremiah Hasley 5 rec · 89 yds #67 TE

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Stanford CardinalACC +4.0 +1.4 +2.5 #132
Duke Blue DevilsACC +21.6 +11.2 +10.3 #29

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Stanford offense vs Duke defense-8.9 pts
Duke offense vs Stanford defense+8.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 2,375 mi
Rest · context onlyAway team on 8 more days rest

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.