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North Carolina A&T

· 0-3 · power -23.7 · #387
Our numberHAMP -1.2 no book has priced this game

Hampton

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -25.5 · #389
Our side
MoneylineHAMP to win ours 53%
Projected score 26–27 NCAT – HAMP
2026-11-14 · 1:00 PM Armstrong Stadium · Hampton, VA Conference game Early season

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Series Hampton lead 11–5 · 16 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 39 ranks apart
North Carolina A&T Aggies #217 rush offense Hampton Pirates #256 run defense
Pass game even 39 ranks apart
North Carolina A&T Aggies #169 pass offense Hampton Pirates #208 pass defense
Run game even 21 ranks apart
Hampton Pirates #218 rush offense North Carolina A&T Aggies #239 run defense
Pass game even 20 ranks apart
Hampton Pirates #231 pass offense North Carolina A&T Aggies #251 pass defense
North Carolina A&T Aggies Balanced · 57% run Ball-control Hampton Pirates Run-heavy · 60% 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
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
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

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
Hampton Pirates -25.5 -14.9 -10.5 #389

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 Hampton defense-1.5 pts
Hampton offense vs North Carolina A&T defense-3.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment+1.1

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).