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Samford

· 0-3 · power -17.0 · #359
Our numberETSU -17.5 no book has priced this game

East Tennessee State

· 1-2 · power -4.6 · #237
Our side
MoneylineETSU to win ours 86%
Projected score 20–38 SAM – ETSU
2026-11-07 · 1:00 PM William B. Greene Jr. Stadium · Johnson City, TN Conference game Early season

The books

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Series East Tennessee State and Samford split 10 (5–5) · 10 meetings since 2016
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 161 ranks
Samford Bulldogs #263 rush offense East Tennessee State Buccaneers #102 run defense
Pass game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 54 ranks
Samford Bulldogs #242 pass offense East Tennessee State Buccaneers #188 pass defense
Run game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 146 ranks
East Tennessee State Buccaneers #72 rush offense Samford Bulldogs #218 run defense
Pass game even 17 ranks apart
East Tennessee State Buccaneers #175 pass offense Samford Bulldogs #192 pass defense
Samford Bulldogs Pass-heavy · 39% run Ball-control East Tennessee State Buccaneers Balanced · 55% run Avg pace

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
Samford Bulldogs
DB LaShon Young 21 tkl · 1 PD #53 DB
DB Jalen Nelson 25 tkl #101 DB
WR Marquise Henderson 9 rec · 218 yds · 1 TD #92 WR
LB Spencer Conn 23 tkl · 2.5 TFL #90 LB
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
LB Dre Delinois 32 tkl · 1.0 TFL #54 LB
RB TJ Peyton 253 rush yds · 3 TD · 3 rec #42 RB
TE Charlie Browder 11 rec · 137 yds · 1 TD #22 TE
DL Charles Woodard 13 tkl · 0.5 TFL #153 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
Samford Bulldogs -17.0 -11.6 -5.4 #359
East Tennessee State Buccaneers -4.6 +2.6 -7.2 #237

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

Where the number comes from
Samford offense vs East Tennessee State defense-4.4 pts
East Tennessee State offense vs Samford defense+8.0 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment+15.6
Altitude · context only304 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

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.