Our side
MoneylineSCST to win
ours 36%
Projected score
37–30
SCST – BCU
2026-09-26 · 7:00 PM
Daytona Stadium · Daytona Beach, FL
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
South Carolina State lead
12–8
· 20 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
13 ranks apart
South Carolina State Bulldogs #251 rush offense
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #264 run defense
Pass game
edge South Carolina State Bulldogs
52 ranks
South Carolina State Bulldogs #68 pass offense
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #120 pass defense
Run game
edge South Carolina State Bulldogs
158 ranks
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #194 rush offense
South Carolina State Bulldogs #36 run defense
Pass game
even
15 ranks apart
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #88 pass offense
South Carolina State Bulldogs #73 pass defense
South Carolina State Bulldogs
Balanced · 54% run
Avg pace
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Balanced · 55% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 31 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
South Carolina State Bulldogs
RB
Mason Pickett-Hicks
417 rush yds · 3 TD · 6 rec
#11 RB
DL
Jordan Dollard
11 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 5.5 TFL
#50 DL
DL
Ka Von Chisolm
7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL
#101 DL
DL
Jayden Fuller
6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#120 DL
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
DL
Isaiah Washburn
11 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#268 DL
DL
Lewon Lurry Jr
5 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#312 DL
DL
Noel Brown
8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#356 DL
DB
Naim Lassiter
12 tkl
#446 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
South Carolina State offense vs Bethune-Cookman defense+15.2 pts
Bethune-Cookman offense vs South Carolina State defense+6.4 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.