Our side
MoneylineOHIO to win
ours 75%
Projected score
20–29
CMU – OHIO
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Peden Stadium · Athens, OH
MAC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Central Michigan lead
27–7–2
· 36 meetings since 1972
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
44 ranks apart
Central Michigan Chippewas #154 rush offense
Ohio Bobcats #110 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
93 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #12 pass offense
Ohio Bobcats #105 pass defense
Run game
even
16 ranks apart
Ohio Bobcats #66 rush offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #82 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
84 ranks
Ohio Bobcats #155 pass offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #71 pass defense
Central Michigan Chippewas
Run-heavy · 68% run
Ball-control
Ohio Bobcats
Run-heavy · 62% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 70 rush ypg
Matt Drinkall · 7-6
John Hauser · 1-0
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
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
Ohio Bobcats
DL
Ike Ackerman
13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#34 DL
DL
Tyler Gillison
6 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#117 DL
WR
Riley Neer
10 rec · 142 yds · 2 TD
#74 WR
LB
Jack Fries
19 tkl · 0.5 TFL
#82 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
Central Michigan offense vs Ohio defense-11.2 pts
Ohio offense vs Central Michigan defense-2.0 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.