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Fresno State

MWC · 1-1 · power +10.1 · #83
Our side · spreadFRES -7.5 our number FRES -11.7 · 4.2 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -7.0 for this matchup by our data on both teams

San José State

MWC · 2-1 · power +3.5 · #135
Our side
SpreadFRES -7.5 ours FRES -11.7
TotalUnder 52.5 ours 51.0
MoneylineFRES to win ours 40% · book 29%
Distance from the market 4.2 pts / -1.5 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 31–20 FRES – SJSU
2026-09-19 · 11:00 PM CEFCU Stadium · San Jose, CA MWC game Early season

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Book FRES spreadSJSU spread OverUnder FRES winSJSU win FRES TT overFRES TT under SJSU TT overSJSU TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadFresno State -11.7
the marketSan José State +7.5
Total51.0
the market52.5
San José State win40% vs 29%

Both percentages are San José State’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 Fresno State lead 39–31 · 70 meetings since 1950
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge San José State Spartans 87 ranks
Fresno State Bulldogs #234 rush offense San José State Spartans #147 run defense
Pass game edge Fresno State Bulldogs 65 ranks
Fresno State Bulldogs #119 pass offense San José State Spartans #184 pass defense
Run game even 15 ranks apart
San José State Spartans #118 rush offense Fresno State Bulldogs #103 run defense
Pass game edge Fresno State Bulldogs 115 ranks
San José State Spartans #194 pass offense Fresno State Bulldogs #79 pass defense
Fresno State Bulldogs Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control San José State Spartans Pass-heavy · 41% run Avg pace
Matt Entz · 9-4 · defense-minded Ken Niumatalolo · 62-63

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
Fresno State Bulldogs
DL Jahzon Jacks 9 tkl · 2.0 TFL #89 DL
DL Martin Owusu 13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #118 DL
RB Bryson Donelson 117 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec #116 RB
LB K'vion Thunderbird 13 tkl · 2.0 TFL #222 LB
San José State Spartans
LB Dylan Lee 24 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #10 LB
LB Naseri Danielson 22 tkl #22 LB
DB Caleb Womack 25 tkl · 1 INT #46 DB
QB Luke Weaver 788 pass yds · 8 TD · 1 INT #14 QB

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
Fresno State BulldogsMWC +10.1 -0.4 +10.5 #83
San José State SpartansMWC +3.5 +2.2 +1.3 #135

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

Where the number comes from
Fresno State offense vs San José State defense-1.7 pts
San José State offense vs Fresno State defense-8.3 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.