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Hampton

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -25.5 · #389
Our numberTOW -15.7 no book has priced this game

Towson

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -11.9 · #317
Our side
MoneylineTOW to win ours 83%
Projected score 18–34 HAMP – TOW
2026-10-31 · 1:00 PM Johnny Unitas Stadium · Towson, MD Conference game Early season

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Series Towson lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 2022
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 35 ranks apart
Hampton Pirates #218 rush offense Towson Tigers #183 run defense
Pass game edge Towson Tigers 72 ranks
Hampton Pirates #231 pass offense Towson Tigers #159 pass defense
Run game even 17 ranks apart
Towson Tigers #239 rush offense Hampton Pirates #256 run defense
Pass game edge Towson Tigers 157 ranks
Towson Tigers #51 pass offense Hampton Pirates #208 pass defense
Hampton Pirates Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Towson Tigers Balanced · 50% run Ball-control

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
Hampton Pirates
DB Cam Sturdifen 27 tkl #143 DB
DB Caden Rice 13 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #154 DB
DL Korede Sogbesan 8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #333 DL
DB Qwae Willis 16 tkl · 1 PD #410 DB
Towson Tigers
WR Aaron Enterline 16 rec · 214 yds · 3 TD #23 WR
DB Bryan Lodge 14 tkl · 1 PD #263 DB
LB Jaydyn Johnson 24 tkl · 1.0 TFL #165 LB
DB Marquis Cooper 8 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT #280 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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Hampton Pirates -25.5 -14.9 -10.5 #389
Towson Tigers -11.9 -7.2 -4.6 #317

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

Where the number comes from
Hampton offense vs Towson defense-10.3 pts
Towson offense vs Hampton defense+3.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment+16.8
Rest · context onlyHome team on 7 more days rest

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).

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.