Our side
MoneylineWCU to win
ours 65%
Projected score
30–36
PRES – WCU
2026-09-19 · 2:30 PM
E.J. Whitmire Stadium · Cullowhee, NC
Early season
The books
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Series
Western Carolina lead
4–1
· 5 meetings since 2007
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Presbyterian Blue Hose
132 ranks
Presbyterian Blue Hose #87 rush offense
Western Carolina Catamounts #219 run defense
Pass game
edge Presbyterian Blue Hose
201 ranks
Presbyterian Blue Hose #4 pass offense
Western Carolina Catamounts #205 pass defense
Run game
edge Presbyterian Blue Hose
121 ranks
Western Carolina Catamounts #162 rush offense
Presbyterian Blue Hose #41 run defense
Pass game
even
9 ranks apart
Western Carolina Catamounts #24 pass offense
Presbyterian Blue Hose #15 pass defense
Presbyterian Blue Hose
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Western Carolina Catamounts
Balanced · 46% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 36 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
Presbyterian Blue Hose
DL
Langston Cook
7 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#321 DL
WR
Caleb Johnson
9 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD
#223 WR
QB
Landon Sharpe
551 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#101 QB
WR
Brice Johnson
12 rec · 114 yds
#296 WR
Western Carolina Catamounts
DB
Andre Jackson Jr.
18 tkl · 4 PD
#80 DB
DL
Caleb Turner-Allen
8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#144 DL
TE
Bode Burns
10 rec · 99 yds · 1 TD
#40 TE
LB
Joshua Collins
19 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#121 LB
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
Presbyterian offense vs Western Carolina defense+7.5 pts
Western Carolina offense vs Presbyterian defense+11.5 pts
Altitude · context only460 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
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.