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Lehigh

· 3-0 (2-0) · power +9.8 · #86
Our numberLEH -24.7 no book has priced this game

Holy Cross

· 0-3 (0-2) · power -16.9 · #358
Final LEH 35 · HC 10 ML W our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineLEH to win logged ours 8%

Our number: LEH by 6.3 — LEH to win.

Projected score 38–14 LEH – HC
2026-08-29 · 3:30 PM Fitton Field · Worcester, MA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Lehigh lead 12–11 · 23 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 75 ranks
Lehigh Mountain Hawks #52 rush offense Holy Cross Crusaders #127 run defense
Pass game even 30 ranks apart
Lehigh Mountain Hawks #15 pass offense Holy Cross Crusaders #45 pass defense
Run game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 215 ranks
Holy Cross Crusaders #231 rush offense Lehigh Mountain Hawks #16 run defense
Pass game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 209 ranks
Holy Cross Crusaders #243 pass offense Lehigh Mountain Hawks #34 pass defense
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Run-heavy · 67% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 35 rush ypg Holy Cross Crusaders Run-heavy · 65% 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
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
RB Luke Yoder 419 rush yds · 9 TD · 3 rec #2 RB
DB Luke Denny 13 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #269 DB
WR Nick Palumbo 8 rec · 130 yds · 2 TD #245 WR
DB DJ Brown 7 tkl · 5 PD #397 DB
Holy Cross Crusaders
LB Adam Due 27 tkl · 1.5 TFL #100 LB
DB Garrett Baldwin 12 tkl · 3 PD #180 DB
TE Drae Tyme 4 rec · 81 yds · 1 TD #48 TE
WR Myles Abernathy 10 rec · 138 yds #238 WR

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
Lehigh Mountain Hawks +9.8 +4.2 +5.6 #86
Holy Cross Crusaders -16.9 -12.0 -4.9 #358

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

Where the number comes from
Lehigh offense vs Holy Cross defense+9.1 pts
Holy Cross offense vs Lehigh defense-17.6 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.