Our side
MoneylineAKR to win
ours 69%
Projected score
20–32
EMU – AKR
2026-10-10 · 3:30 PM
InfoCision Stadium · Akron, OH
MAC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Akron lead
18–14
· 32 meetings since 1976
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
13 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #75 rush offense
Akron Zips #62 run defense
Pass game
even
13 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #109 pass offense
Akron Zips #122 pass defense
Run game
even
14 ranks apart
Akron Zips #215 rush offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #229 run defense
Pass game
even
8 ranks apart
Akron Zips #201 pass offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #193 pass defense
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Akron Zips
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Chris Creighton · 59-73 · offense-minded
Joe Moorhead · 27-47 · defense-minded
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
Eastern Michigan Eagles
LB
Zach Mowchan
30 tkl · 2.0 TFL
#6 LB
DL
Quincy Byas
12 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#18 DL
DB
Jason Marshall
20 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#41 DB
DB
Bryce Llewellyn
14 tkl · 2 PD
#67 DB
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
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
Eastern Michigan offense vs Akron defense-4.5 pts
Akron offense vs Eastern Michigan defense+1.6 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.