Final
BUCK 14 · VMI 3
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our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineVMI to win logged
live now: BUCK to win — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 42%
Our number: VMI by 0.4 — VMI to win.
Projected score
26–22
BUCK – VMI
2026-09-12 · 1:30 PM
Foster Stadium · Lexington, VA
Early season
The books
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Series
Bucknell lead
6–3
· 9 meetings since 1978
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
4 ranks apart
Bucknell Bison #168 rush offense
VMI Keydets #164 run defense
Pass game
edge Bucknell Bison
171 ranks
Bucknell Bison #86 pass offense
VMI Keydets #257 pass defense
Run game
edge Bucknell Bison
106 ranks
VMI Keydets #256 rush offense
Bucknell Bison #150 run defense
Pass game
even
29 ranks apart
VMI Keydets #188 pass offense
Bucknell Bison #217 pass defense
Bucknell Bison
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
VMI Keydets
Balanced · 50% 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
Bucknell Bison
WR
Sam Milligan
24 rec · 241 yds · 3 TD
#17 WR
DL
Jack Inserra
15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#194 DL
RB
Michael Cadden
131 rush yds · 1 TD · 12 rec
#86 RB
LB
Nick Hoying
13 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#298 LB
VMI Keydets
DB
Nic Land
22 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#74 DB
DB
Robert Powell
13 tkl · 2 PD
#345 DB
DB
EJ Wilborne
12 tkl · 1 INT
#522 DB
DB
Anthony Allen
10 tkl
#876 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
Bucknell offense vs VMI defense-4.1 pts
VMI offense vs Bucknell defense-10.4 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.