Our side
MoneylineSDST to win
ours 33%
Projected score
33–26
SDST – UNI
2026-11-07 · 2:00 PM
UNI-Dome · Cedar Falls, IA
Conference game
Indoors
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Northern Iowa and South Dakota State split 22 (11–11)
· 22 meetings since 2006
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge South Dakota State Jackrabbits
92 ranks
South Dakota State Jackrabbits #107 rush offense
Northern Iowa Panthers #199 run defense
Pass game
edge South Dakota State Jackrabbits
90 ranks
South Dakota State Jackrabbits #111 pass offense
Northern Iowa Panthers #201 pass defense
Run game
edge South Dakota State Jackrabbits
193 ranks
Northern Iowa Panthers #223 rush offense
South Dakota State Jackrabbits #30 run defense
Pass game
edge South Dakota State Jackrabbits
81 ranks
Northern Iowa Panthers #174 pass offense
South Dakota State Jackrabbits #93 pass defense
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Run-heavy · 60% run
Avg pace
Northern Iowa Panthers
Balanced · 57% 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
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
K
Tristan Alvano
6 FG · 17 XP · 35 pts
#4 K
P
Max Pelham
10 punts · 47.9 yd avg
#3 P
TE
Greyton Gannon
5 rec · 81 yds · 2 TD
#36 TE
WR
Grahm Goering
13 rec · 254 yds
#127 WR
Northern Iowa Panthers
TE
Brady McCullough
7 rec · 98 yds · 3 TD
#11 TE
DB
Calvin Jaworski
7 tkl · 1 INT
#132 DB
LB
John Powers
20 tkl
#123 LB
LB
Kolben Miller
12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#151 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
South Dakota State offense vs Northern Iowa defense+7.2 pts
Northern Iowa offense vs South Dakota State defense-2.4 pts
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.