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Eastern Michigan

MAC · 1-2 · power -3.8 · #227
Our side · spreadEMU +24.5 our number WIS -16.9 · 7.6 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -0.7 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Wisconsin

B1G · 1-1 · power +12.0 · #74
Our side
SpreadEMU +24.5 ours WIS -16.9
TotalUnder 47.5 ours 47.3
MoneylineWIS to win ours 83% · book 94%
Distance from the market 7.6 pts / -0.2 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 15–32 EMU – WIS
2026-09-19 · 12:30 PM Camp Randall Stadium · Madison, WI Early season

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Ours vs the market

SpreadWisconsin -16.9
the marketWisconsin -24.5
Total47.3
the market47.5
Wisconsin win83% vs 94%

Both percentages are Wisconsin’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 Wisconsin lead 4–0 · 4 meetings since 1991
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 8 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #75 rush offense Wisconsin Badgers #83 run defense
Pass game edge Eastern Michigan Eagles 55 ranks
Eastern Michigan Eagles #109 pass offense Wisconsin Badgers #164 pass defense
Run game even 22 ranks apart
Wisconsin Badgers #207 rush offense Eastern Michigan Eagles #229 run defense
Pass game edge Eastern Michigan Eagles 61 ranks
Wisconsin Badgers #254 pass offense Eastern Michigan Eagles #193 pass defense
Eastern Michigan Eagles Balanced · 52% run Avg pace Wisconsin Badgers Run-heavy · 59% run Ball-control
Chris Creighton · 59-73 · offense-minded Luke Fickell · 74-39 · defense-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
Eastern Michigan Eagles
LB Zach Mowchan 30 tkl · 2.0 TFL #6 LB
DL Quincy Byas 12 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #18 DL
DB Jason Marshall 20 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT #41 DB
DB Bryce Llewellyn 14 tkl · 2 PD #67 DB
Wisconsin Badgers
LB Cooper Catalano 22 tkl #65 LB
DB Matthew Jung 16 tkl · 1 PD #120 DB
LB Mason Posa 16 tkl #201 LB
WR Malachi Coleman 4 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD #216 WR

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
Eastern Michigan EaglesMAC -3.8 -4.1 +0.3 #227
Wisconsin BadgersB1G +12.0 -1.3 +13.3 #74

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

Where the number comes from
Eastern Michigan offense vs Wisconsin defense-17.4 pts
Wisconsin offense vs Eastern Michigan defense-1.6 pts

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.