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East Carolina

AAC · 0-2 · power +10.4 · #79
Our numberECU -9.1 no book has priced this game

UAB

AAC · 1-1 · power -1.0 · #189
Our side
MoneylineECU to win ours 28%
Projected score 32–23 ECU – UAB
2026-10-15 · 7:30 PM Protective Stadium · Birmingham, AL AAC game Early season

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Series East Carolina lead 9–4 · 13 meetings since 1998
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge East Carolina Pirates 123 ranks
East Carolina Pirates #121 rush offense UAB Blazers #244 run defense
Pass game edge East Carolina Pirates 206 ranks
East Carolina Pirates #52 pass offense UAB Blazers #258 pass defense
Run game even 32 ranks apart
UAB Blazers #77 rush offense East Carolina Pirates #45 run defense
Pass game edge East Carolina Pirates 71 ranks
UAB Blazers #103 pass offense East Carolina Pirates #32 pass defense
East Carolina Pirates Balanced · 53% run Avg pace UAB Blazers Balanced · 52% run Ball-control
Blake Harrell · 14-5 Trent Dilfer · 9-21 · 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
East Carolina Pirates
WR Jeremiah Melvin 11 rec · 154 yds · 1 TD #89 WR
DL Kendrick DuJour 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #255 DL
DL Torin Brazell 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #307 DL
LB Crews Law 12 tkl · 1.5 TFL #220 LB
UAB Blazers
K Jonah Delange 7 FG · 4 XP · 25 pts #6 K
LB Ike Esonwune 15 tkl #67 LB
LB Muaaz Byard 20 tkl · 1.5 TFL #126 LB
DB Jo'Tavion Pierce 11 tkl · 1 PD #244 DB

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
East Carolina PiratesAAC +10.4 +3.9 +6.5 #79
UAB BlazersAAC -1.0 +2.0 -3.0 #189

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

Where the number comes from
East Carolina offense vs UAB defense+6.9 pts
UAB offense vs East Carolina defense-4.6 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 556 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.