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Prairie View A&M

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -5.1 · #245
Our numberPV -0.2 no book has priced this game

Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our side
MoneylinePV to win ours 50%
Projected score 29–29 PV – GRAM
2026-09-26 · 7:00 PM Cotton Bowl · Dallas, TX · neutral Conference game Early season

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Series Prairie View A&M lead 11–8 · 19 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 34 ranks apart
Prairie View A&M Panthers #58 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game even 13 ranks apart
Prairie View A&M Panthers #53 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Run game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 134 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #42 run defense
Pass game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 144 ranks
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #19 pass defense
Prairie View A&M Panthers Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 42 rush ypg 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
Prairie View A&M Panthers
DB Kamrin Canterbury 27 tkl · 2 PD #36 DB
DB Malachi Williams 11 tkl · 1 INT #102 DB
DB Nahamani Harris 21 tkl · 2 PD #123 DB
DL Malik Gucake 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #154 DL
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
Prairie View A&M Panthers -5.1 -1.9 -3.2 #245
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
Prairie View A&M offense vs Grambling defense+4.2 pts
Grambling offense vs Prairie View A&M defense+2.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.4 pts
Power projection before adjustment-1.6
Rest · context onlyHome 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.