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Charlotte

AAC · 0-2 · power -10.3 · #299
Our side · spreadCLT +20.5 our number APP -18.4 · 2.1 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -1.1 for this matchup by our data on both teams

App State

SBC · 2-0 · power +7.5 · #98
Our side
SpreadCLT +20.5 ours APP -18.4
TotalOver 50.5 ours 51.1
MoneylineAPP to win ours 86% · book 90%
Distance from the market 2.1 pts / +0.6 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 16–35 CLT – APP
2026-09-19 · 6:00 PM Kidd Brewer Stadium · Boone, NC Early season

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

Book CLT spreadAPP spread OverUnder CLT winAPP win CLT TT overCLT TT under APP TT overAPP 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

SpreadApp State -18.4
the marketApp State -20.5
Total51.1
the market50.5
App State win86% vs 90%

Both percentages are App 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 72% bets · 75% money
Series App State lead 4–0 · 4 meetings since 2018
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge App State Mountaineers 146 ranks
Charlotte 49ers #264 rush offense App State Mountaineers #118 run defense
Pass game edge App State Mountaineers 59 ranks
Charlotte 49ers #234 pass offense App State Mountaineers #175 pass defense
Run game edge App State Mountaineers 104 ranks
App State Mountaineers #144 rush offense Charlotte 49ers #248 run defense
Pass game even 17 ranks apart
App State Mountaineers #203 pass offense Charlotte 49ers #220 pass defense
Charlotte 49ers Balanced · 50% run Ball-control App State Mountaineers Balanced · 49% run Avg pace
Tim Albin · 35-30 Dowell Loggains · 5-8

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
Charlotte 49ers
DB Collin Gill 16 tkl #49 DB
WR Jaylen Hampton 11 rec · 142 yds · 2 TD #124 WR
LB Gavin Willis 14 tkl · 2.5 TFL #184 LB
DL Curtis Simpson 9 tkl · 1.0 TFL #417 DL
App State Mountaineers
DL Caleb Sandstrom 5 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #52 DL
TE Darrin Fugitt 11 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD #17 TE
WR Sam Pickett III 9 rec · 162 yds · 2 TD #88 WR
K James London 4 FG · 9 XP · 21 pts #27 K

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
Charlotte 49ersAAC -10.3 -4.9 -5.4 #299
App State MountaineersSBC +7.5 +4.9 +2.6 #98

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

Where the number comes from
Charlotte offense vs App State defense-7.6 pts
App State offense vs Charlotte defense+10.2 pts
Altitude · context only806 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.