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Maine

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -13.6 · #333
Our numberAPP -31.2 no book has priced this game

App State

SBC · 2-0 · power +7.5 · #98
Final ME 3 · APP 55 ML W Spread W Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineAPP to win logged ours 96%

Our number: APP by 18.4 — APP to win.

Projected score 12–43 ME – APP
2026-09-05 · 3:30 PM Kidd Brewer Stadium · Boone, NC Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book ME spreadAPP spread OverUnder ME winAPP win ME TT overME TT under APP TT overAPP TT under
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BetMGM
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Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread APP 65% bets · 79% money total Over 67% bets · 61% money
Series Maine lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2011
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 40 ranks apart
Maine Black Bears #78 rush offense App State Mountaineers #118 run defense
Pass game edge Maine Black Bears 57 ranks
Maine Black Bears #118 pass offense App State Mountaineers #175 pass defense
Run game even 39 ranks apart
App State Mountaineers #144 rush offense Maine Black Bears #105 run defense
Pass game edge Maine Black Bears 159 ranks
App State Mountaineers #203 pass offense Maine Black Bears #44 pass defense
Maine Black Bears Run-heavy · 61% run Ball-control App State Mountaineers Balanced · 49% run Avg pace
Dowell Loggains · 5-8

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
Maine Black Bears
DL Chris Bacon 8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL #24 DL
LB Sam Oppenheimer 32 tkl · 1.0 TFL #17 LB
DL Bryce Purnell 11 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #161 DL
DL Derek Berlitz 15 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #184 DL
App State Mountaineers
DL Caleb Sandstrom 5 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #52 DL
TE Darrin Fugitt 11 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD #17 TE
WR Sam Pickett III 9 rec · 162 yds · 2 TD #88 WR
K James London 4 FG · 9 XP · 21 pts #27 K

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
Maine Black Bears -13.6 -9.6 -4.0 #333
App State MountaineersSBC +7.5 +4.9 +2.6 #98

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

Where the number comes from
Maine offense vs App State defense-12.2 pts
App State offense vs Maine defense+8.9 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 908 mi
Altitude · context only956 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

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.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.