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Bryant

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -7.5 · #269
Our numberMONM -3.6 no book has priced this game

Monmouth

· 1-2 · power -7.2 · #268
Our side
MoneylineMONM to win ours 59%
Projected score 28–32 BRY – MONM
2026-10-31 · 1:00 PM Kessler Stadium · West Long Branch, NJ Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Monmouth lead 8–1 · 9 meetings since 2008
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Monmouth Hawks 75 ranks
Bryant Bulldogs #209 rush offense Monmouth Hawks #134 run defense
Pass game edge Monmouth Hawks 80 ranks
Bryant Bulldogs #208 pass offense Monmouth Hawks #128 pass defense
Run game edge Monmouth Hawks 61 ranks
Monmouth Hawks #26 rush offense Bryant Bulldogs #87 run defense
Pass game edge Monmouth Hawks 200 ranks
Monmouth Hawks #21 pass offense Bryant Bulldogs #221 pass defense
Bryant Bulldogs Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Monmouth Hawks Balanced · 51% run Up-tempo

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
Bryant Bulldogs
DL Toby Brown Jr. 10 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #190 DL
DB Olatunde Mkparu 20 tkl · 1 PD #335 DB
WR Shamar Fowles 5 rec · 132 yds · 1 TD #341 WR
RB OJ Ross 154 rush yds · 1 TD · 3 rec #246 RB
Monmouth Hawks
DB Jaeden Jones 33 tkl #31 DB
RB Kenny Smith Jr. 166 rush yds · 2 TD · 8 rec #41 RB
WR Tra Neal 19 rec · 188 yds · 1 TD #63 WR
WR Gavin Nelson 19 rec · 187 yds · 1 TD #83 WR

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
Bryant Bulldogs -7.5 -5.6 -1.9 #269
Monmouth Hawks -7.2 +2.0 -9.3 #268

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

Where the number comes from
Bryant offense vs Monmouth defense+3.7 pts
Monmouth offense vs Bryant defense+3.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.5 pts
Power projection before adjustment+3.1

The projection carries an efficiency adjustment — a residual from season-to-date EPA, success rate and explosiveness, which earned its place by walk-forward test (margin error 12.90 → 12.72 across seven held-out seasons).