Our side
MoneylineAKR to win
ours 41%
Projected score
29–20
AKR – CMU
2026-10-03 · kickoff TBD
Kelly/Shorts Stadium · Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Central Michigan lead
18–8–1
· 27 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
133 ranks
Akron Zips #215 rush offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #82 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
130 ranks
Akron Zips #201 pass offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #71 pass defense
Run game
edge Akron Zips
92 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #154 rush offense
Akron Zips #62 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
110 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #12 pass offense
Akron Zips #122 pass defense
Akron Zips
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Central Michigan Chippewas
Run-heavy · 68% run
Ball-control
Joe Moorhead · 27-47 · defense-minded
Matt Drinkall · 7-6
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
Akron Zips
TE
Elijah Alexander
7 rec · 61 yds · 3 TD
#9 TE
QB
Cibastian Broughton
338 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#17 QB
DL
Omari Abor
8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#84 DL
RB
Sean Patrick
100 rush yds · 6 rec
#134 RB
Central Michigan Chippewas
DB
Darrell Bryant Jr.
13 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#158 DB
DL
Hunter Zirkle
5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#183 DL
DL
Korver Demma
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#219 DL
LB
Mayson Hitchens
15 tkl
#178 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Akron offense vs Central Michigan defense-3.2 pts
Central Michigan offense vs Akron defense-9.0 pts
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.