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Northern Colorado

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -10.0 · #295
Our numberUCD -19.9 no book has priced this game

UC Davis

· 2-1 (1-0) · power +7.3 · #100
Our side
MoneylineUCD to win ours 89%
Projected score 18–38 UNCO – UCD
2026-10-24 · 7:00 PM UC Davis Health Stadium · Davis, CA Conference game Early season

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Series UC Davis lead 11–3 · 14 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 26 ranks apart
Northern Colorado Bears #216 rush offense UC Davis Aggies #242 run defense
Pass game edge UC Davis Aggies 84 ranks
Northern Colorado Bears #196 pass offense UC Davis Aggies #112 pass defense
Run game edge UC Davis Aggies 152 ranks
UC Davis Aggies #42 rush offense Northern Colorado Bears #194 run defense
Pass game edge UC Davis Aggies 61 ranks
UC Davis Aggies #41 pass offense Northern Colorado Bears #102 pass defense
Northern Colorado Bears Balanced · 52% run Avg pace UC Davis Aggies Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 37 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
Northern Colorado Bears
DB Franky Morales 18 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT #91 DB
DL Dominic Butts 10 tkl · 4.0 TFL #122 DL
DL Blake Weslin 8 tkl · 1.0 TFL #192 DL
DL Ezra Ekuban 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #226 DL
UC Davis Aggies
WR Samuel Gbatu Jr. 22 rec · 296 yds · 3 TD #18 WR
DL Jaden Few 13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #85 DL
RB Jordan Fisher 148 rush yds · 3 TD · 9 rec #39 RB
DB Teeg Slone 5 tkl · 1 INT #178 DB

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
Northern Colorado Bears -10.0 -8.0 -2.0 #295
UC Davis Aggies +7.3 +5.8 +1.4 #100

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

Where the number comes from
Northern Colorado offense vs UC Davis defense-9.4 pts
UC Davis offense vs Northern Colorado defense+7.8 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment+20.6
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 917 mi
Altitude · context only1,444 m lower 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.