Our side
MoneylineWMU to win
ours 89%
Projected score
14–36
KENT – WMU
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Waldo Stadium · Kalamazoo, MI
MAC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Western Michigan lead
34–12–1
· 47 meetings since 1962
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Western Michigan Broncos
208 ranks
Kent State Golden Flashes #255 rush offense
Western Michigan Broncos #47 run defense
Pass game
edge Western Michigan Broncos
92 ranks
Kent State Golden Flashes #143 pass offense
Western Michigan Broncos #51 pass defense
Run game
edge Western Michigan Broncos
92 ranks
Western Michigan Broncos #105 rush offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #197 run defense
Pass game
edge Kent State Golden Flashes
91 ranks
Western Michigan Broncos #235 pass offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #144 pass defense
Kent State Golden Flashes
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Western Michigan Broncos
Run-heavy · 69% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 72 rush ypg
Mark Carney · 5-7
Lance Taylor · 20-19 · 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
Kent State Golden Flashes
DL
Jaihien Roy
6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#51 DL
LB
Rocco Nicholl
13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#145 LB
LB
Hayden Dawahare
10 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#234 LB
QB
Dru DeShields
311 pass yds · 1 TD · 2 INT
#102 QB
Western Michigan Broncos
DL
Austin Alexander
6 tkl
#111 DL
K
Dieter Kelly
4 FG · 7 XP · 19 pts
#29 K
DB
Joey Pope
9 tkl · 3 PD
#232 DB
LB
Domanick Moon
13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#166 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
Kent State offense vs Western Michigan defense-10.1 pts
Western Michigan offense vs Kent State defense+8.0 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.