Our side
MoneylineCHSO to win
ours 49%
Projected score
24–24
CHSO – EIU
2026-11-21 · 1:00 PM
O'Brien Field · Charleston, IL
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Charleston Southern and Eastern Illinois split 2 (1–1)
· 2 meetings since 2024
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Eastern Illinois Panthers
188 ranks
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #210 rush offense
Eastern Illinois Panthers #22 run defense
Pass game
edge Charleston Southern Buccaneers
97 ranks
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #157 pass offense
Eastern Illinois Panthers #254 pass defense
Run game
edge Charleston Southern Buccaneers
162 ranks
Eastern Illinois Panthers #233 rush offense
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #71 run defense
Pass game
even
43 ranks apart
Eastern Illinois Panthers #247 pass offense
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #204 pass defense
Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Eastern Illinois Panthers
Run-heavy · 58% run
Ball-control
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
Charleston Southern Buccaneers
LB
Tristan Lennon
19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#58 LB
LB
Steve Zayachkowsky
22 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#80 LB
DL
Josiah Wyatt
17 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#212 DL
DL
CJ Landrum
13 tkl · 0.5 TFL
#521 DL
Eastern Illinois Panthers
RB
Charles Kellom
297 rush yds · 4 TD · 9 rec
#14 RB
LB
Ja'Wuan Nickson
21 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#36 LB
DL
Isaac Engle
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#253 DL
DL
Aidan Archibald
4 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#340 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Charleston Southern offense vs Eastern Illinois defense-6.0 pts
Eastern Illinois offense vs Charleston Southern defense-8.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment-0.2
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 637 mi
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.