Our side
MoneylineUND to win
ours 31%
Projected score
38–30
UND – YSU
2026-10-31 · 12:00 PM
Stambaugh Stadium · Youngstown, OH
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
North Dakota lead
3–1
· 4 meetings since 2021
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge North Dakota Fighting Hawks
69 ranks
North Dakota Fighting Hawks #120 rush offense
Youngstown State Penguins #189 run defense
Pass game
edge North Dakota Fighting Hawks
146 ranks
North Dakota Fighting Hawks #73 pass offense
Youngstown State Penguins #219 pass defense
Run game
even
4 ranks apart
Youngstown State Penguins #30 rush offense
North Dakota Fighting Hawks #26 run defense
Pass game
even
18 ranks apart
Youngstown State Penguins #34 pass offense
North Dakota Fighting Hawks #52 pass defense
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Run-heavy · 60% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 43 rush ypg
Youngstown State Penguins
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 113 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
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
P
Luke Silvernale
5 punts · 49.8 yd avg
#2 P
WR
Korey Tai
12 rec · 274 yds · 4 TD
#30 WR
DB
Jonnie Wiltshire
9 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#89 DB
DL
Brody Thornton
8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#114 DL
Youngstown State Penguins
WR
Lynn Wyche-El
18 rec · 229 yds · 4 TD
#16 WR
QB
Beau Brungard
765 pass yds · 10 TD · 1 INT
#10 QB
P
Evan Anderson
5 punts · 47.0 yd avg
#6 P
RB
Jaden Gilbert
129 rush yds · 2 TD · 8 rec
#44 RB
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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
North Dakota offense vs Youngstown State defense+16.1 pts
Youngstown State offense vs North Dakota defense+6.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment-7.4
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 934 mi
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.