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Brown

· power -10.4 · #302
Our numberPRIN -3.5 no book has priced this game

Princeton

· power -9.8 · #293
Our side
MoneylinePRIN to win ours 59%
Projected score 25–28 BRWN – PRIN
2026-10-17 · 12:00 PM Princeton Stadium · Princeton, NJ Conference game Preseason estimate

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Series Princeton lead 48–22 · 70 meetings since 1898
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 27 ranks apart
Brown Bears #196 rush offense Princeton Tigers #169 run defense
Pass game even 10 ranks apart
Brown Bears #147 pass offense Princeton Tigers #157 pass defense
Run game even 44 ranks apart
Princeton Tigers #159 rush offense Brown Bears #203 run defense
Pass game edge Brown Bears 88 ranks
Princeton Tigers #198 pass offense Brown Bears #110 pass defense
Brown Bears Balanced · 45% run Avg pace Princeton Tigers Balanced · 53% run Avg pace

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

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Brown Bears -10.4 -3.2 -7.3 #302
Princeton Tigers -9.8 -9.6 -0.2 #293

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

Where the number comes from
Brown offense vs Princeton defense-2.9 pts
Princeton offense vs Brown defense-2.3 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.