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Nevada

MWC · 1-1 · power +5.6 · #116
Our numberNEV -2.2 no book has priced this game

Middle Tennessee

CUSA · 1-1 · power -2.2 · #203
Our side
TotalOver 50.5 ours 50.8
MoneylineNEV to win ours 37% · book 33%
Projected score 26–24 NEV – MTSU
2026-09-19 · 7:00 PM Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium · Murfreesboro, TN Early season

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Ours vs the market

SpreadNevada -2.2
Total50.8
the market50.5
Middle Tennessee win37% vs 33%

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

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured 2 hr ago ML NEV 98% bets · 99% money
Series Middle Tennessee lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2025
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 100 ranks
Nevada Wolf Pack #179 rush offense Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders #79 run defense
Pass game even 16 ranks apart
Nevada Wolf Pack #263 pass offense Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders #247 pass defense
Run game edge Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 108 ranks
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders #142 rush offense Nevada Wolf Pack #250 run defense
Pass game even 43 ranks apart
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders #158 pass offense Nevada Wolf Pack #115 pass defense
Nevada Wolf Pack Run-heavy · 64% run Ball-control Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Balanced · 42% run Avg pace
Jeff Choate · 6-19 Derek Mason · 30-64

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
Nevada Wolf Pack
DL Dylan LaBarbera 15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #16 DL
LB EJ Smith 24 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #13 LB
RB Dominic Kelley 236 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec #53 RB
LB Jeremy Naborne-Owens 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #150 LB
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
WR Cam'ron Lacy 17 rec · 190 yds · 2 TD #37 WR
DB Kalen Woods 13 tkl · 1 PD #59 DB
DL Zeion Simpson-Smith 11 tkl · 1.0 TFL #286 DL
QB Roman Gagliano 443 pass yds · 4 TD · 1 INT #100 QB

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
Nevada Wolf PackMWC +5.6 -3.4 +8.9 #116
Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersCUSA -2.2 -1.3 -0.9 #203

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

Where the number comes from
Nevada offense vs Middle Tennessee defense-2.5 pts
Middle Tennessee offense vs Nevada defense-10.3 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,836 mi
Altitude · context only1,214 m lower 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.