Our side
MoneylineKENT to win
ours 49%
Projected score
26–28
KENT – EMU
2026-11-24 · 7:00 PM
Rynearson Stadium · Ypsilanti, MI
MAC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Kent State lead
19–17
· 36 meetings since 1973
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
26 ranks apart
Kent State Golden Flashes #255 rush offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #229 run defense
Pass game
edge Kent State Golden Flashes
50 ranks
Kent State Golden Flashes #143 pass offense
Eastern Michigan Eagles #193 pass defense
Run game
edge Eastern Michigan Eagles
122 ranks
Eastern Michigan Eagles #75 rush offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #197 run defense
Pass game
even
35 ranks apart
Eastern Michigan Eagles #109 pass offense
Kent State Golden Flashes #144 pass defense
Kent State Golden Flashes
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Mark Carney · 5-7
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
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
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
Kent State offense vs Eastern Michigan defense+2.9 pts
Eastern Michigan offense vs Kent State defense+0.5 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.