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Miami (OH)

MAC · 1-1 · power +4.3 · #128
Our numberWMU -14.2 no book has priced this game

Western Michigan

MAC · 1-1 · power +16.8 · #49
Our side
MoneylineWMU to win ours 81%
Projected score 17–31 M-OH – WMU
2026-11-24 · kickoff TBD Waldo Stadium · Kalamazoo, MI MAC game Early season

The books

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Series Miami (OH) lead 24–21–1 · 46 meetings since 1962
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Western Michigan Broncos 109 ranks
Miami (OH) RedHawks #156 rush offense Western Michigan Broncos #47 run defense
Pass game edge Western Michigan Broncos 109 ranks
Miami (OH) RedHawks #160 pass offense Western Michigan Broncos #51 pass defense
Run game even 31 ranks apart
Western Michigan Broncos #105 rush offense Miami (OH) RedHawks #74 run defense
Pass game edge Miami (OH) RedHawks 161 ranks
Western Michigan Broncos #235 pass offense Miami (OH) RedHawks #74 pass defense
Miami (OH) RedHawks Balanced · 54% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 49 rush ypg Western Michigan Broncos Run-heavy · 69% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 72 rush ypg
Chuck Martin · 70-64 · defense-minded 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
Miami (OH) RedHawks
QB David McComb 474 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT #62 QB
WR Damarion Witten 3 rec · 100 yds · 2 TD #203 WR
TE Christian Ross 4 rec · 52 yds · 1 TD #81 TE
WR Lynel Billups-Williams 8 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD #266 WR
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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Miami (OH) RedHawksMAC +4.3 +3.3 +0.9 #128
Western Michigan BroncosMAC +16.8 +3.4 +13.4 #49

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Miami (OH) offense vs Western Michigan defense-10.0 pts
Western Michigan offense vs Miami (OH) defense+2.5 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.