Our side
MoneylineM-OH to win
ours 36%
Projected score
29–20
M-OH – CMU
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Kelly/Shorts Stadium · Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Miami (OH) lead
17–13–1
· 31 meetings since 1978
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
74 ranks
Miami (OH) RedHawks #156 rush offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #82 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
89 ranks
Miami (OH) RedHawks #160 pass offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #71 pass defense
Run game
edge Miami (OH) RedHawks
80 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #154 rush offense
Miami (OH) RedHawks #74 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
62 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #12 pass offense
Miami (OH) RedHawks #74 pass defense
Miami (OH) RedHawks
Balanced · 54% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 49 rush ypg
Central Michigan Chippewas
Run-heavy · 68% run
Ball-control
Chuck Martin · 70-64 · defense-minded
Matt Drinkall · 7-6
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
Miami (OH) RedHawks
QB
David McComb
474 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#62 QB
WR
Damarion Witten
3 rec · 100 yds · 2 TD
#203 WR
TE
Christian Ross
4 rec · 52 yds · 1 TD
#81 TE
WR
Lynel Billups-Williams
8 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD
#266 WR
Central Michigan Chippewas
DB
Darrell Bryant Jr.
13 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#158 DB
DL
Hunter Zirkle
5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#183 DL
DL
Korver Demma
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#219 DL
LB
Mayson Hitchens
15 tkl
#178 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Miami (OH) offense vs Central Michigan defense-1.8 pts
Central Michigan offense vs Miami (OH) defense-9.5 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.