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Austin Peay

· 2-1 · power +5.6 · #117
Our numberAPSU -12.3 no book has priced this game

North Alabama

· 1-2 · power -7.9 · #274
Our side
MoneylineAPSU to win ours 22%
Projected score 34–22 APSU – UNA
2026-10-24 · 7:00 PM Braly Stadium · Florence, AL Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Austin Peay lead 4–0 · 4 meetings since 2022
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Austin Peay Governors 173 ranks
Austin Peay Governors #22 rush offense North Alabama Lions #195 run defense
Pass game edge Austin Peay Governors 232 ranks
Austin Peay Governors #28 pass offense North Alabama Lions #260 pass defense
Run game even 24 ranks apart
North Alabama Lions #125 rush offense Austin Peay Governors #101 run defense
Pass game edge Austin Peay Governors 147 ranks
North Alabama Lions #210 pass offense Austin Peay Governors #63 pass defense
Austin Peay Governors Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 62 rush ypg North Alabama Lions Run-heavy · 63% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 52 rush ypg

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
Austin Peay Governors
DL Demoris Jenkins 8 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #55 DL
WR Denver Harper 7 rec · 256 yds · 4 TD #45 WR
DB Trevor Hardy 21 tkl · 1 PD #100 DB
DL Malik Denkins 7 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #210 DL
North Alabama Lions
DB Tae Martin 23 tkl · 4 PD #11 DB
DL Avery Howard 17 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL #20 DL
WR Xavier Johnson 19 rec · 386 yds · 2 TD #14 WR
DL Cayden Adkins 11 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #29 DL

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
Austin Peay Governors +5.6 +2.8 +2.7 #117
North Alabama Lions -7.9 -4.2 -3.7 #274

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

Where the number comes from
Austin Peay offense vs North Alabama defense+6.5 pts
North Alabama offense vs Austin Peay defense-7.0 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.2 pts
Power projection before adjustment-11.1

The projection carries an efficiency adjustment — a residual from season-to-date EPA, success rate and explosiveness, which earned its place by walk-forward test (margin error 12.90 → 12.72 across seven held-out seasons).