Our side
MoneylineOHIO to win
ours 76%
Projected score
22–30
EMU – OHIO
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Peden Stadium · Athens, OH
MAC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Ohio lead
22–12–1
· 35 meetings since 1976
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
35 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #75 rush offense
Ohio Bobcats #110 run defense
Pass game
even
4 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #109 pass offense
Ohio Bobcats #105 pass defense
Run game
edge Ohio Bobcats
163 ranks
Ohio Bobcats #66 rush offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #229 run defense
Pass game
even
38 ranks apart
Ohio Bobcats #155 pass offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #193 pass defense
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Ohio Bobcats
Run-heavy · 62% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 70 rush ypg
Chris Creighton · 59-73 · offense-minded
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
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
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
Eastern Michigan offense vs Ohio defense-6.7 pts
Ohio offense vs Eastern Michigan 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.