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Coastal Carolina

SBC · 1-1 · power +3.9 · #133
Our numberWVU -7.9 no book has priced this game

West Virginia

B12 · 2-0 · power +10.1 · #84
Final CCU 24 · WVU 31 ML W Spread W Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineWVU to win logged ours 67%

Our number: WVU by 10.3 — WVU to win.

CCU team totalCCU over 17.5 logged live now: CCU over 16.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 25.4

Our number: CCU 23.1, from our margin and total split into two scores.

WVU team totalWVU under 38.5 logged live now: WVU under 37.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 33.4

Our number: WVU 33.5, from our margin and total split into two scores.

Projected score 25–33 CCU – WVU
2026-09-05 · 12:00 PM Milan Puskar Stadium · Morgantown, WV Early season

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Book CCU spreadWVU spread OverUnder CCU winWVU win CCU TT overCCU TT under WVU TT overWVU TT under
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Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread CCU 66% bets · 26% money · money WVU total Under 69% bets · 65% money ML WVU 98% bets · 92% money
Series West Virginia lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2010
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge West Virginia Mountaineers 174 ranks
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #229 rush offense West Virginia Mountaineers #55 run defense
Pass game even 32 ranks apart
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #221 pass offense West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass defense
Run game even 44 ranks apart
West Virginia Mountaineers #253 rush offense Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #209 run defense
Pass game even 6 ranks apart
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass offense Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #195 pass defense
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Balanced · 57% run Ball-control West Virginia Mountaineers Run-heavy · 62% run Ball-control
Tim Beck · 20-18 Rich Rodriguez · 39-38 · defense-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
West Virginia Mountaineers
RB Cam Cook 194 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec #38 RB
QB Michael Hawkins Jr. 287 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT #21 QB
LB Isaiah Patterson 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #193 LB
WR DJ Epps 5 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD #211 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
Coastal Carolina ChanticleersSBC +3.9 +3.6 +0.3 #133
West Virginia MountaineersB12 +10.1 +6.0 +4.0 #84

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 West Virginia defense-0.4 pts
West Virginia offense vs Coastal Carolina defense+5.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 408 mi
Altitude · context only316 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

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.