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Central Arkansas

· 2-1 · power -4.7 · #238
Our numberCARK -2.6 no book has priced this game

Southeast Missouri State

· 1-2 · power -7.0 · #263
Our side
MoneylineCARK to win ours 44%
Projected score 30–28 CARK – SEMO
2026-09-19 · 7:00 PM Houck Field · Cape Girardeau, MO Early season

The books

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Series Central Arkansas and Southeast Missouri State split 2 (1–1) · 2 meetings since 2022
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 39 ranks apart
Central Arkansas Bears #143 rush offense Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #104 run defense
Pass game even 23 ranks apart
Central Arkansas Bears #185 pass offense Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #162 pass defense
Run game edge Central Arkansas Bears 75 ranks
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #243 rush offense Central Arkansas Bears #168 run defense
Pass game edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 113 ranks
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #125 pass offense Central Arkansas Bears #238 pass defense
Central Arkansas Bears Balanced · 54% run Ball-control Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Balanced · 45% 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
Central Arkansas Bears
DB Bryson Adamoh 5 tkl · 3 PD · 3 INT #6 DB
LB Ashtyn Williams 28 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #70 LB
DL Jakobe Shell 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #129 DL
DL Trevion Traylor 14 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #138 DL
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
DB DJ Delmore 22 tkl · 2 PD #20 DB
DL Timothy Maxson 12 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL #72 DL
P Teagan Cobb 15 punts · 45.4 yd avg #12 P
WR John Anthony Jr. 10 rec · 219 yds · 2 TD #98 WR

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
Central Arkansas Bears -4.7 +1.9 -6.5 #238
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks -7.0 -5.5 -1.5 #263

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

Where the number comes from
Central Arkansas offense vs Southeast Missouri State defense+3.4 pts
Southeast Missouri State offense vs Central Arkansas defense+1.0 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-2.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment+0.3

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).