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Colgate

· 2-1 (2-0) · power -5.5 · #249
Our numberCOLG -9.8 no book has priced this game

Bucknell

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -15.8 · #352
Our side
MoneylineCOLG to win ours 27%
Projected score 30–20 COLG – BUCK
2026-11-21 · 1:00 PM Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium · Lewisburg, PA Conference game Early season

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Series Colgate lead 42–13 · 55 meetings since 1917
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Colgate Raiders 61 ranks
Colgate Raiders #89 rush offense Bucknell Bison #150 run defense
Pass game edge Colgate Raiders 105 ranks
Colgate Raiders #112 pass offense Bucknell Bison #217 pass defense
Run game even 32 ranks apart
Bucknell Bison #168 rush offense Colgate Raiders #200 run defense
Pass game edge Bucknell Bison 132 ranks
Bucknell Bison #86 pass offense Colgate Raiders #218 pass defense
Colgate Raiders Balanced · 45% run Avg pace Bucknell 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
Colgate Raiders
LB Christian Magliacano 20 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL #20 LB
RB Danny Shaban 395 rush yds · 3 TD · 7 rec #15 RB
WR Matt Fogler 13 rec · 231 yds · 3 TD #52 WR
DB Tymir Wynn 14 tkl · 4 PD · 1 INT #160 DB
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

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
Colgate Raiders -5.5 -4.3 -1.2 #249
Bucknell Bison -15.8 -11.4 -4.3 #352

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

Where the number comes from
Colgate offense vs Bucknell defense+0.0 pts
Bucknell offense vs Colgate defense-10.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-2.0 pts
Power projection before adjustment-7.8

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).