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Wofford

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.1 · #246
Our numberWOF -12.4 no book has priced this game

Samford

· 0-3 · power -17.0 · #359
Our side
MoneylineWOF to win ours 22%
Projected score 29–16 WOF – SAM
2026-10-31 · 7:00 PM Seibert Stadium · Birmingham, AL Conference game Early season

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Series Samford lead 12–6 · 18 meetings since 2008
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 12 ranks apart
Wofford Terriers #230 rush offense Samford Bulldogs #218 run defense
Pass game even 22 ranks apart
Wofford Terriers #214 pass offense Samford Bulldogs #192 pass defense
Run game edge Wofford Terriers 256 ranks
Samford Bulldogs #263 rush offense Wofford Terriers #7 run defense
Pass game edge Wofford Terriers 146 ranks
Samford Bulldogs #242 pass offense Wofford Terriers #96 pass defense
Wofford Terriers Balanced · 51% run Ball-control Samford Bulldogs Pass-heavy · 39% 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
Wofford Terriers
LB Wyatt Ward 28 tkl · 2.5 TFL #16 LB
RB Gerald Modest Jr. 246 rush yds · 4 TD · 6 rec #26 RB
DB Cole Walker 14 tkl · 5 PD #75 DB
LB Javario Tinch 17 tkl · 1.5 TFL #86 LB
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

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
Wofford Terriers -5.1 -10.2 +5.0 #246
Samford Bulldogs -17.0 -11.6 -5.4 #359

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

Where the number comes from
Wofford offense vs Samford defense-4.8 pts
Samford offense vs Wofford defense-16.6 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-3.0 pts
Power projection before adjustment-9.4
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

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.