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SE Louisiana

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -9.2 · #287
Our numberSFA -26.6 no book has priced this game

Stephen F. Austin

· 3-0 (2-0) · power +12.7 · #71
Our side
MoneylineSFA to win ours 95%
Projected score 14–41 SELA – SFA
2026-10-24 · 6:00 PM Homer Bryce Stadium · Nacogdoches, TX Conference game Early season

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Series SE Louisiana lead 7–6 · 13 meetings since 2005
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 36 ranks apart
SE Louisiana Lions #44 rush offense Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #8 run defense
Pass game edge Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 70 ranks
SE Louisiana Lions #98 pass offense Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #28 pass defense
Run game even 38 ranks apart
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #39 rush offense SE Louisiana Lions #77 run defense
Pass game edge SE Louisiana Lions 57 ranks
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #65 pass offense SE Louisiana Lions #8 pass defense
SE Louisiana Lions Run-heavy · 59% run Ball-control Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Balanced · 49% 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
SE Louisiana Lions
TE Lonnie Shinn 6 rec · 73 yds · 2 TD #24 TE
DL Amiree Alexander 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #165 DL
LB Trace Carter 23 tkl #104 LB
DB Carter Byrd 20 tkl · 1 PD #214 DB
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
DB Makai Frisby 8 tkl · 3 INT #48 DB
K Carlos Alvarado 6 FG · 12 XP · 30 pts #9 K
DB Jaiydyn Johnson 13 tkl · 3 PD #66 DB
WR Bugs Mortimer 8 rec · 161 yds · 2 TD #84 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
SE Louisiana Lions -9.2 -5.2 -4.0 #287
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks +12.7 +6.0 +6.7 #71

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

Where the number comes from
SE Louisiana offense vs Stephen F. Austin defense-11.9 pts
Stephen F. Austin offense vs SE Louisiana defense+9.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment+25.5

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).