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Monmouth

· 1-2 · power -7.2 · #268
Our side · spreadWMU -26.5 logged our number at the pick WMU -3.4 · now WMU -33.6 · 4.1 pts from the market now

Western Michigan

MAC · 1-1 · power +16.8 · #49
Final MONM 14 · WMU 49 ML W Spread W Total W our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadWMU -26.5 logged live now: WMU -29.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours WMU -33.6

Guarantee game: the roster layer's per-game call from both rosters (returning production, portal moves, depth) puts the favorite +3.37 against the line, past its 2-point trigger. It outranks the market's move here.

TotalOver 53.5 logged live now: Over 54.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 56.7

The total has not moved a point since it opened (53.5 → 53.5); ours 54.8 against 53.5 says over.

MoneylineWMU to win logged ours 97% · book 95%

Our number: WMU by 32.7 — WMU to win.

Distance from the market 4.1 pts / +2.2 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 12–45 MONM – WMU
2026-09-12 · 6:30 PM Waldo Stadium · Kalamazoo, MI Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book MONM spreadWMU spread OverUnder MONM winWMU win MONM TT overMONM TT under WMU TT overWMU TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
ESPN Bet
Caesars

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadWestern Michigan -33.6
the marketWestern Michigan -29.5
Total56.7
the market54.5
Western Michigan win97% vs 95%

Both percentages are Western Michigan’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.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread MONM 89% bets · 6% money · money WMU total Under 51% bets · 50% money ML WMU 97% bets · 98% money
Series Western Michigan lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2019
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 21 ranks apart
Monmouth Hawks #26 rush offense Western Michigan Broncos #47 run defense
Pass game even 30 ranks apart
Monmouth Hawks #21 pass offense Western Michigan Broncos #51 pass defense
Run game even 29 ranks apart
Western Michigan Broncos #105 rush offense Monmouth Hawks #134 run defense
Pass game edge Monmouth Hawks 107 ranks
Western Michigan Broncos #235 pass offense Monmouth Hawks #128 pass defense
Monmouth Hawks Balanced · 51% run Up-tempo Western Michigan Broncos Run-heavy · 69% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 72 rush ypg
Lance Taylor · 20-19 · 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
Monmouth Hawks
DB Jaeden Jones 33 tkl #31 DB
RB Kenny Smith Jr. 166 rush yds · 2 TD · 8 rec #41 RB
WR Tra Neal 19 rec · 188 yds · 1 TD #63 WR
WR Gavin Nelson 19 rec · 187 yds · 1 TD #83 WR
Western Michigan Broncos
DL Austin Alexander 6 tkl #111 DL
K Dieter Kelly 4 FG · 7 XP · 19 pts #29 K
DB Joey Pope 9 tkl · 3 PD #232 DB
LB Domanick Moon 13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #166 LB

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
Monmouth Hawks -7.2 +2.0 -9.3 #268
Western Michigan BroncosMAC +16.8 +3.4 +13.4 #49

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

Where the number comes from
Monmouth offense vs Western Michigan defense-11.4 pts
Western Michigan offense vs Monmouth defense+12.6 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 617 mi

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.