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Arkansas-Pine Bluff

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -18.2 · #366
Our numberGRAM -15.7 no book has priced this game

Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our side
MoneylineGRAM to win ours 83%
Projected score 25–40 UAPB – GRAM
2026-11-07 · 3:00 PM Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium · Grambling, LA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Grambling lead 14–5 · 19 meetings since 2007
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Grambling Tigers 103 ranks
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions #195 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 218 ranks
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions #258 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Run game edge Grambling Tigers 64 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions #240 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 63 ranks
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions #226 pass defense
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Balanced · 54% run Ball-control Grambling Tigers 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
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions
DB Michael Henderson 21 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT #7 DB
DL Derick Simon Jr. 19 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL #75 DL
DL Keiyhaun Wilks 13 tkl · 3.0 TFL #188 DL
LB Danarius Hilliard 26 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #142 LB
Grambling Tigers
DB Jalen Guillard 14 tkl · 4 PD #185 DB
RB Byron Eaton Jr. 79 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec #120 RB
WR Jordan Bride 14 rec · 221 yds #181 WR
WR Tyson George 15 rec · 160 yds · 1 TD #194 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
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions -18.2 -2.7 -15.4 #366
Grambling Tigers -7.0 -0.9 -6.1 #266

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

Where the number comes from
Arkansas-Pine Bluff offense vs Grambling defense+3.4 pts
Grambling offense vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff defense+14.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+14.4

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).