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North Dakota State

· 3-0 · power +18.9 · #43
Our side · spreadSAC +27.5 our number NDSU -23.0 · 4.5 pts from the market

Sacramento State

· 1-2 · power -4.1 · #233
Our side
SpreadSAC +27.5 ours NDSU -23.0
TotalOver 53.5 ours 57.1
MoneylineNDSU to win ours 10% · book 4%
Distance from the market 4.5 pts / +3.6 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 40–17 NDSU – SAC
2026-09-19 · 10:30 PM Hornet Stadium · Sacramento, CA Early season

The books 3 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book NDSU spreadSAC spread OverUnder NDSU winSAC win NDSU TT overNDSU TT under SAC TT overSAC TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadNorth Dakota State -23.0
the marketSacramento State +27.5
Total57.1
the market53.5
Sacramento State win10% vs 4%

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

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured 2 hr ago total Over 90% bets · 91% money
First recorded meeting between these programs
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge North Dakota State Bison 145 ranks
North Dakota State Bison #8 rush offense Sacramento State Hornets #153 run defense
Pass game edge North Dakota State Bison 85 ranks
North Dakota State Bison #2 pass offense Sacramento State Hornets #87 pass defense
Run game edge Sacramento State Hornets 51 ranks
Sacramento State Hornets #7 rush offense North Dakota State Bison #58 run defense
Pass game edge North Dakota State Bison 158 ranks
Sacramento State Hornets #159 pass offense North Dakota State Bison #1 pass defense
North Dakota State Bison Run-heavy · 67% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 60 rush ypg Sacramento State Hornets Run-heavy · 73% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 32 rush ypg

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
North Dakota State Bison
K Drew Klein 6 FG · 13 XP · 31 pts #7 K
DB Marion Moore 3 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT #110 DB
DL Kelton McCaslin 6 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 3.5 TFL #133 DL
LB Donovan Woolen 22 tkl #93 LB
Sacramento State Hornets
WR Matt Coleman 14 rec · 232 yds · 3 TD #62 WR
DB Boogsie Silvera 23 tkl #279 DB
WR Onterrio Smith Jr. 16 rec · 172 yds #183 WR
DB Amari Wallace 17 tkl #422 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
North Dakota State Bison +18.9 +9.1 +9.8 #43
Sacramento State Hornets -4.1 -0.7 -3.4 #233

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

Where the number comes from
North Dakota State offense vs Sacramento State defense+12.5 pts
Sacramento State offense vs North Dakota State defense-10.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-2.0 pts
Power projection before adjustment-21.0
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,369 mi

The projection carries an efficiency adjustment — a residual from season-to-date EPA, success rate and explosiveness, which earned its place by walk-forward test (margin error 12.90 → 12.72 across seven held-out seasons).

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.