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North Carolina A&T

· 0-3 · power -23.7 · #387
Our numberMONM -21.2 no book has priced this game

Monmouth

· 1-2 · power -7.2 · #268
Our side
MoneylineMONM to win ours 90%
Projected score 20–42 NCAT – MONM
2026-11-07 · 12:00 PM Kessler Stadium · West Long Branch, NJ Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Monmouth lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 2021
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Monmouth Hawks 83 ranks
North Carolina A&T Aggies #217 rush offense Monmouth Hawks #134 run defense
Pass game even 41 ranks apart
North Carolina A&T Aggies #169 pass offense Monmouth Hawks #128 pass defense
Run game edge Monmouth Hawks 213 ranks
Monmouth Hawks #26 rush offense North Carolina A&T Aggies #239 run defense
Pass game edge Monmouth Hawks 230 ranks
Monmouth Hawks #21 pass offense North Carolina A&T Aggies #251 pass defense
North Carolina A&T Aggies Balanced · 57% run Ball-control 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
North Carolina A&T Aggies
TE Anthony Rucker 7 rec · 115 yds · 2 TD #29 TE
DB Mykell Harvey 16 tkl · 2 PD #183 DB
WR Elijah Kennedy 13 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD #148 WR
DL Eddie Conover 8 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 3.0 TFL #336 DL
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
North Carolina A&T Aggies -23.7 -12.0 -11.7 #387
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
North Carolina A&T offense vs Monmouth defense-2.7 pts
Monmouth offense vs North Carolina A&T defense+13.8 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+19.9
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 426 mi

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.