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Delaware State

· 2-1 · power -8.5 · #279
Our numberDSU -3.3 no book has priced this game

Howard

· 1-2 · power -10.8 · #307
Our side
MoneylineDSU to win ours 42%
Projected score 27–24 DSU – HOW
2026-11-14 · 1:00 PM Greene Stadium · Washington, DC Conference game Early season

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Series Delaware State lead 13–11 · 24 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Delaware State Hornets 94 ranks
Delaware State Hornets #6 rush offense Howard Bison #100 run defense
Pass game edge Howard Bison 49 ranks
Delaware State Hornets #167 pass offense Howard Bison #118 pass defense
Run game even 26 ranks apart
Howard Bison #150 rush offense Delaware State Hornets #124 run defense
Pass game edge Delaware State Hornets 120 ranks
Howard Bison #246 pass offense Delaware State Hornets #126 pass defense
Delaware State Hornets Run-heavy · 67% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 47 rush ypg Howard Bison Balanced · 57% 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
Delaware State Hornets
DB Kemari Nix 17 tkl · 1 PD #64 DB
DL Quoy Rainey 13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #173 DL
DL Gensley Auguste 11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #235 DL
WR Jaylin Terzado 10 rec · 185 yds · 1 TD #158 WR
Howard Bison
LB Rodney Roane 16 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #56 LB
DB Ben Chandler IV 11 tkl · 4 PD #164 DB
LB Aidan Foster 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #105 LB
DB Kaleb Gallop 21 tkl #199 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
Delaware State Hornets -8.5 -6.5 -2.0 #279
Howard Bison -10.8 -8.2 -2.6 #307

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

Where the number comes from
Delaware State offense vs Howard defense-4.0 pts
Howard offense vs Delaware State defense-6.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-3.7 pts
Power projection before adjustment+0.4

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).