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Howard

· 1-2 · power -10.8 · #307
Our numberMORG -0.6 no book has priced this game

Morgan State

· 2-1 · power -14.9 · #344
Our side
MoneylineMORG to win ours 51%
Projected score 25–25 HOW – MORG
2026-10-24 · 3:00 PM Hughes Stadium (MD) · Baltimore, MD Conference game Early season

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Series Morgan State lead 12–10 · 22 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 37 ranks apart
Howard Bison #150 rush offense Morgan State Bears #113 run defense
Pass game edge Morgan State Bears 116 ranks
Howard Bison #246 pass offense Morgan State Bears #130 pass defense
Run game edge Howard Bison 64 ranks
Morgan State Bears #164 rush offense Howard Bison #100 run defense
Pass game edge Howard Bison 108 ranks
Morgan State Bears #226 pass offense Howard Bison #118 pass defense
Howard Bison Balanced · 57% run Ball-control Morgan State Bears Run-heavy · 62% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 46 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
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
Morgan State Bears
DL Donovan Moyer 11 tkl · 4.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL #70 DL
DB Josiah Blake 11 tkl · 1 PD #145 DB
WR Justin Perry 13 rec · 188 yds · 2 TD #231 WR
RB Jordan Barnett 173 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec #165 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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Howard Bison -10.8 -8.2 -2.6 #307
Morgan State Bears -14.9 -10.3 -4.6 #344

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

Where the number comes from
Howard offense vs Morgan State defense-3.6 pts
Morgan State offense vs Howard defense-7.8 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment-1.4

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).