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Southeast Missouri State

· 1-2 · power -7.0 · #263
Our numberSEMO -10.6 no book has priced this game

Tennessee State

· 0-3 · power -19.1 · #371
Our side
MoneylineSEMO to win ours 26%
Projected score 29–18 SEMO – TNST
2026-11-07 · 3:30 PM Nissan Stadium · Nashville, TN Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Southeast Missouri State lead 11–8 · 19 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Tennessee State Tigers 132 ranks
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #243 rush offense Tennessee State Tigers #111 run defense
Pass game even 33 ranks apart
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #125 pass offense Tennessee State Tigers #92 pass defense
Run game edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 161 ranks
Tennessee State Tigers #265 rush offense Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #104 run defense
Pass game edge Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 93 ranks
Tennessee State Tigers #255 pass offense Southeast Missouri State Redhawks #162 pass defense
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Balanced · 45% run Avg pace Tennessee State Tigers Balanced · 54% 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
Tennessee State Tigers
DB Brendan Hale 21 tkl · 2 PD #93 DB
DL Bryce Gray 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #244 DL
WR Jayden Guy 15 rec · 202 yds #212 WR
P Truette Tumey 15 punts · 43.7 yd avg #32 P

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
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks -7.0 -5.5 -1.5 #263
Tennessee State Tigers -19.1 -16.0 -3.0 #371

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 Tennessee State defense-2.4 pts
Tennessee State offense vs Southeast Missouri State defense-14.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment-9.7

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).