Our side
MoneylineCMU to win
ours 48%
Projected score
24–24
CMU – EMU
2026-11-04 · kickoff TBD
Ford Field · Detroit, MI · neutral
MAC game
Indoors
Early season
The books
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Series
Central Michigan lead
34–15–2
· 51 meetings since 1975
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
75 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #154 rush offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #229 run defense
Pass game
edge Central Michigan Chippewas
181 ranks
Central Michigan Chippewas #12 pass offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #193 pass defense
Run game
even
7 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #75 rush offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #82 run defense
Pass game
even
38 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #109 pass offense
Central Michigan Chippewas #71 pass defense
Central Michigan Chippewas
Run-heavy · 68% run
Ball-control
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Matt Drinkall · 7-6
Chris Creighton · 59-73 · offense-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
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
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
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 Eastern Michigan defense-8.9 pts
Eastern Michigan offense vs Central Michigan defense-9.2 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.