Our side
MoneylineAKR to win
ours 46%
Projected score
31–24
AKR – KENT
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Zoeller Field at Dix Stadium · Kent, OH
MAC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Akron lead
26–19–1
· 46 meetings since 1972
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
18 ranks apart
Akron Zips #215 rush offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #197 run defense
Pass game
edge Kent State Golden Flashes
57 ranks
Akron Zips #201 pass offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #144 pass defense
Run game
edge Akron Zips
193 ranks
Kent State Golden Flashes #255 rush offense
Akron Zips #62 run defense
Pass game
even
21 ranks apart
Kent State Golden Flashes #143 pass offense
Akron Zips #122 pass defense
Akron Zips
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Kent State Golden Flashes
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Joe Moorhead · 27-47 · defense-minded
Mark Carney · 5-7
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
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
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 Kent State defense+6.5 pts
Kent State offense vs Akron defense+2.8 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.