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Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our numberGRAM -6.4 no book has priced this game

Alabama A&M

· 2-1 · power -15.8 · #354
Our side
MoneylineGRAM to win ours 35%
Projected score 34–27 GRAM – AAMU
2026-10-17 · 3:00 PM Louis Crews Stadium · Huntsville, AL Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Grambling lead 11–5 · 16 meetings since 2007
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Alabama A&M Bulldogs 46 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Alabama A&M Bulldogs #130 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 98 ranks
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Alabama A&M Bulldogs #261 pass defense
Run game edge Grambling Tigers 127 ranks
Alabama A&M Bulldogs #219 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 136 ranks
Alabama A&M Bulldogs #176 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Grambling Tigers Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Alabama A&M Bulldogs Balanced · 48% 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
Grambling Tigers
DB Jalen Guillard 14 tkl · 4 PD #185 DB
RB Byron Eaton Jr. 79 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec #120 RB
WR Jordan Bride 14 rec · 221 yds #181 WR
WR Tyson George 15 rec · 160 yds · 1 TD #194 WR
Alabama A&M Bulldogs
DB Jeremiah Hudson-Davis 35 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT #10 DB
DL Kylon Roberts 17 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL #54 DL
WR Jarel Williams 16 rec · 279 yds · 2 TD #47 WR
DL Arenza Davis 12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #113 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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Grambling Tigers -7.0 -0.9 -6.1 #266
Alabama A&M Bulldogs -15.8 -5.6 -10.2 #354

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

Where the number comes from
Grambling offense vs Alabama A&M defense+9.3 pts
Alabama A&M offense vs Grambling defense+0.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment-6.3

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).