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Coastal Carolina

SBC · 1-1 · power +3.9 · #133
Our side · spreadDEL -4.5 our number DEL -7.6 · 3.1 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected +2.1 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Delaware

CUSA · 1-1 · power +7.6 · #95
Our side
SpreadDEL -4.5 ours DEL -7.6
TotalUnder 57.5 ours 57.2
MoneylineDEL to win ours 62% · book 62%
Distance from the market 3.1 pts / -0.3 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 25–32 CCU – DEL
2026-09-19 · 11:30 AM Delaware Stadium · Newark, DE Early season

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Book CCU spreadDEL spread OverUnder CCU winDEL win CCU TT overCCU TT under DEL TT overDEL TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadDelaware -7.6
the marketDelaware -4.5
Total57.2
the market57.5
Delaware win62% vs 62%

Both percentages are Delaware’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

First recorded meeting between these programs
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 3 ranks apart
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #229 rush offense Delaware Blue Hens #226 run defense
Pass game edge Delaware Blue Hens 47 ranks
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #221 pass offense Delaware Blue Hens #174 pass defense
Run game even 8 ranks apart
Delaware Blue Hens #201 rush offense Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #209 run defense
Pass game edge Delaware Blue Hens 73 ranks
Delaware Blue Hens #122 pass offense Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #195 pass defense
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Balanced · 57% run Ball-control Delaware Blue Hens Balanced · 44% run Avg pace
Tim Beck · 20-18 Ryan Carty · 7-6 · offense-minded

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
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
WR Clayton Coppock Jr. 6 rec · 109 yds · 3 TD #97 WR
WR Colton Hinton 6 rec · 154 yds · 2 TD #123 WR
DL Ibrahim Diawara 8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL #241 DL
QB Deuce Bailey 576 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT #58 QB
Delaware Blue Hens
LB Colin Gallagher 13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #46 LB
WR Da'Wain Lofton 7 rec · 206 yds · 1 TD #85 WR
RB Kaderris Roberts 27 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec #109 RB
LB Gavin Moul 16 tkl · 0.5 TFL #188 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
Coastal Carolina ChanticleersSBC +3.9 +3.6 +0.3 #133
Delaware Blue HensCUSA +7.6 +6.8 +0.8 #95

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

Where the number comes from
Coastal Carolina offense vs Delaware defense+2.9 pts
Delaware offense vs Coastal Carolina defense+6.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 444 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

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.