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Bryant

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -7.5 · #269
Our numberBRY -5.5 no book has priced this game

Sacred Heart

· 0-2 · power -15.6 · #351
Our side
MoneylineBRY to win ours 37%
Projected score 29–23 BRY – SHU
2026-11-14 · 12:00 PM Campus Field · Fairfield, CT Early season

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Series Sacred Heart and Bryant split 12 (6–6) · 12 meetings since 2009
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 3 ranks apart
Bryant Bulldogs #209 rush offense Sacred Heart Pioneers #206 run defense
Pass game even 18 ranks apart
Bryant Bulldogs #208 pass offense Sacred Heart Pioneers #190 pass defense
Run game edge Sacred Heart Pioneers 68 ranks
Sacred Heart Pioneers #19 rush offense Bryant Bulldogs #87 run defense
Pass game edge Sacred Heart Pioneers 152 ranks
Sacred Heart Pioneers #69 pass offense Bryant Bulldogs #221 pass defense
Bryant Bulldogs Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Sacred Heart Pioneers Run-heavy · 67% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 55 rush ypg

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
Sacred Heart Pioneers
WR Dean Hangey 6 rec · 115 yds · 2 TD #215 WR
LB Myles Hamilton 14 tkl · 2.0 TFL #225 LB
DL Janier Armstead 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #474 DL
DB Ryan Palmieri 14 tkl #519 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
Bryant Bulldogs -7.5 -5.6 -1.9 #269
Sacred Heart Pioneers -15.6 -9.9 -5.6 #351

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 Sacred Heart defense+0.1 pts
Sacred Heart offense vs Bryant defense-8.0 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.