Our side
MoneylineSEMO to win
ours 39%
Projected score
30–25
SEMO – EIU
2026-10-24 · 3:00 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
Southeast Missouri State lead
12–10
· 22 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Eastern Illinois Panthers
221 ranks
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #243 rush offense
Eastern Illinois Panthers #22 run defense
Pass game
edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
129 ranks
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #125 pass offense
Eastern Illinois Panthers #254 pass defense
Run game
edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
129 ranks
Eastern Illinois Panthers #233 rush offense
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #104 run defense
Pass game
edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
85 ranks
Eastern Illinois Panthers #247 pass offense
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #162 pass defense
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Balanced · 45% run
Avg pace
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
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
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
Southeast Missouri State offense vs Eastern Illinois defense+3.2 pts
Eastern Illinois offense vs Southeast Missouri State defense-4.4 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.2 pts
Power projection before adjustment-4.9
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).