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Houston Christian

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -16.2 · #356
Our numberSELA -10.0 no book has priced this game

SE Louisiana

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -9.2 · #287
Final HCU 34 · SELA 28 ML L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineSELA to win logged ours 71%

Our number: SELA by 21.1 — SELA to win.

Projected score 23–33 HCU – SELA
2026-08-27 · 7:00 PM Strawberry Stadium · Hammond, LA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series SE Louisiana lead 9–1 · 10 meetings since 2014
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge SE Louisiana Lions 125 ranks
Houston Christian Huskies #202 rush offense SE Louisiana Lions #77 run defense
Pass game edge SE Louisiana Lions 253 ranks
Houston Christian Huskies #261 pass offense SE Louisiana Lions #8 pass defense
Run game edge SE Louisiana Lions 128 ranks
SE Louisiana Lions #44 rush offense Houston Christian Huskies #172 run defense
Pass game even 10 ranks apart
SE Louisiana Lions #98 pass offense Houston Christian Huskies #88 pass defense
Houston Christian Huskies Balanced · 55% run Ball-control SE Louisiana Lions Run-heavy · 59% 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
Houston Christian Huskies
LB Jayven Anderson 21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 7.0 TFL #25 LB
P Julian Maceri 5 punts · 45.2 yd avg #9 P
DL Calvin Kalu-Alexander 6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #351 DL
DB Darius Bean 17 tkl · 1 PD #341 DB
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

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
Houston Christian Huskies -16.2 -7.9 -8.3 #356
SE Louisiana Lions -9.2 -5.2 -4.0 #287

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

Where the number comes from
Houston Christian offense vs SE Louisiana defense-3.9 pts
SE Louisiana offense vs Houston Christian defense+3.0 pts

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.