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Marist

· 1-2 · power -13.4 · #332
Our numberDRKE -0.6 no book has priced this game

Drake

· 0-3 · power -12.8 · #324
Our side
MoneylineDRKE to win ours 51%
Projected score 24–25 MRST – DRKE
2026-10-17 · 1:00 PM Drake Stadium (IA) · Des Moines, IA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Drake lead 11–2 · 13 meetings since 2009
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 29 ranks apart
Marist Red Foxes #128 rush offense Drake Bulldogs #99 run defense
Pass game even 4 ranks apart
Marist Red Foxes #151 pass offense Drake Bulldogs #147 pass defense
Run game edge Marist Red Foxes 85 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #100 rush offense Marist Red Foxes #15 run defense
Pass game edge Drake Bulldogs 49 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #89 pass offense Marist Red Foxes #138 pass defense
Marist Red Foxes Balanced · 50% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 40 rush ypg Drake Bulldogs Run-heavy · 69% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 34 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
Marist Red Foxes
DB Tyrell Powell 13 tkl · 6 PD #98 DB
DL Jordan Caldwell 1 tkl #115 DL
DB Chase Hatton 15 tkl · 4 PD #106 DB
LB Kade Werner 23 tkl · 2.5 TFL #207 LB
Drake Bulldogs
LB J.R. Flood 35 tkl · 0.5 TFL #37 LB
DL Tyson Shivers 10 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #77 DL
WR Willis Nofsinger 18 rec · 285 yds · 1 TD #53 WR
WR Hank Foley 14 rec · 215 yds · 1 TD #120 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
Marist Red Foxes -13.4 -14.3 +0.9 #332
Drake Bulldogs -12.8 -5.6 -7.2 #324

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

Where the number comes from
Marist offense vs Drake defense-7.0 pts
Drake offense vs Marist defense-6.4 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-2.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment+3.4
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,016 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.