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South Florida

AAC · 2-0 (1-0 AAC) · power +19.1 · #41
Our numberUSF -12.0 no book has priced this game

East Carolina

AAC · 0-2 · power +10.4 · #79
Our side
MoneylineUSF to win ours 34%
Projected score 33–21 USF – ECU
2026-11-06 · 7:30 PM Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium · Greenville, NC AAC game Early season

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Series South Florida lead 9–4 · 13 meetings since 2002
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 11 ranks apart
South Florida Bulls #56 rush offense East Carolina Pirates #45 run defense
Pass game even 27 ranks apart
South Florida Bulls #5 pass offense East Carolina Pirates #32 pass defense
Run game edge South Florida Bulls 97 ranks
East Carolina Pirates #121 rush offense South Florida Bulls #24 run defense
Pass game even 15 ranks apart
East Carolina Pirates #52 pass offense South Florida Bulls #37 pass defense
South Florida Bulls Balanced · 55% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 84 rush ypg East Carolina Pirates Balanced · 53% run Avg pace
Kevin Patrick · 0-1 Blake Harrell · 14-5

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 Florida Bulls
DL C.J. Hicks 9 tkl · 1.0 TFL #127 DL
DB Ayden Jackson 16 tkl · 1 PD #181 DB
QB Michael Van Buren Jr. 339 pass yds · 2 TD · 0 INT #54 QB
WR Bryson Rodgers 9 rec · 89 yds · 1 TD #208 WR
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

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
South Florida BullsAAC +19.1 +9.4 +9.7 #41
East Carolina PiratesAAC +10.4 +3.9 +6.5 #79

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

Where the number comes from
South Florida offense vs East Carolina defense+2.8 pts
East Carolina offense vs South Florida defense-5.8 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 607 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.