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Portland State

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -12.8 · #326
Our numberNAU -15.0 no book has priced this game

Northern Arizona

· 2-1 (1-0) · power +0.2 · #171
Our side
MoneylineNAU to win ours 82%
Projected score 23–38 PRST – NAU
2026-10-17 · 7:00 PM J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome · Flagstaff, AZ Conference game Indoors Early season

The books

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Series Northern Arizona lead 9–5 · 14 meetings since 2004
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 6 ranks apart
Portland State Vikings #258 rush offense Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #252 run defense
Pass game even 43 ranks apart
Portland State Vikings #224 pass offense Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #181 pass defense
Run game edge Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 133 ranks
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #129 rush offense Portland State Vikings #262 run defense
Pass game edge Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 174 ranks
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #76 pass offense Portland State Vikings #250 pass defense
Portland State Vikings Balanced · 56% run Ball-control Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Balanced · 53% run Avg pace

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
Portland State Vikings
DB Lono Solomon 19 tkl · 2 PD #23 DB
DB Isaac Redford 17 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT #24 DB
TE Tanner Beaman 16 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD #7 TE
WR Terence Loville 15 rec · 221 yds · 1 TD #70 WR
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
DB Deliyon Freeman 23 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #33 DB
DB Jahaad Fort 16 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT #43 DB
DB Shoes Brinkley 27 tkl · 1 PD #60 DB
LB Jaiden Letua 25 tkl · 1.0 TFL #43 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
Portland State Vikings -12.8 -2.7 -10.1 #326
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks +0.2 +1.8 -1.6 #171

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

Where the number comes from
Portland State offense vs Northern Arizona defense-1.1 pts
Northern Arizona offense vs Portland State defense+11.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+16.3
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 928 mi
Altitude · context only2,040 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

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).

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.