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Florida A&M

· 1-2 · power -13.1 · #330
Our numberALCN -2.5 no book has priced this game

Alcorn State

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -15.3 · #348
Our side
MoneylineALCN to win ours 56%
Projected score 29–31 FAMU – ALCN
2026-11-07 · 3:00 PM Spinks-Casem Stadium · Lorman, MS Conference game Early season

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Series Florida A&M lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Alcorn State Braves 108 ranks
Florida A&M Rattlers #173 rush offense Alcorn State Braves #65 run defense
Pass game edge Alcorn State Braves 115 ranks
Florida A&M Rattlers #142 pass offense Alcorn State Braves #27 pass defense
Run game edge Alcorn State Braves 125 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #103 rush offense Florida A&M Rattlers #228 run defense
Pass game edge Alcorn State Braves 47 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #195 pass offense Florida A&M Rattlers #242 pass defense
Florida A&M Rattlers Balanced · 56% run Ball-control Alcorn State Braves Run-heavy · 60% 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
Florida A&M Rattlers
DB Justin Bostic 10 tkl · 2 INT #44 DB
LB Denzel Johnson 14 tkl #218 LB
P Bobby Engstler 25 punts · 40.0 yd avg #39 P
DB Caleb McKenzie 4 tkl #687 DB
Alcorn State Braves
DB Timothy Jasper 31 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #17 DB
WR Tyree Kelly 11 rec · 231 yds · 3 TD #100 WR
DL Eric Thomas 6 tkl · 1.5 TFL #189 DL
RB Ernest Temple 187 rush yds · 2 TD · 7 rec #78 RB

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
Florida A&M Rattlers -13.1 -6.9 -6.2 #330
Alcorn State Braves -15.3 -3.9 -11.4 #348

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

Where the number comes from
Florida A&M offense vs Alcorn State defense+4.5 pts
Alcorn State offense vs Florida A&M defense+2.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment+0.6
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 417 mi

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.