← Matchups

Holy Cross

· 0-3 (0-2) · power -16.9 · #358
Our numberW&M -15.4 no book has priced this game

William & Mary

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.0 · #244
Our side
MoneylineW&M to win ours 83%
Projected score 20–35 HC – W&M
2026-10-03 · 3:30 PM Walter J. Zable Stadium · Williamsburg, VA Early season

The books

No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.

First recorded meeting between these programs
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 7 ranks apart
Holy Cross Crusaders #231 rush offense William & Mary Tribe #238 run defense
Pass game even 30 ranks apart
Holy Cross Crusaders #243 pass offense William & Mary Tribe #213 pass defense
Run game even 23 ranks apart
William & Mary Tribe #104 rush offense Holy Cross Crusaders #127 run defense
Pass game edge Holy Cross Crusaders 57 ranks
William & Mary Tribe #102 pass offense Holy Cross Crusaders #45 pass defense
Holy Cross Crusaders Run-heavy · 65% run Ball-control William & Mary Tribe Balanced · 56% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 56 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
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
William & Mary Tribe
DL Nathaniel McDonald 8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #37 DL
K Max Lipinski 8 FG · 5 XP · 29 pts #13 K
DB Trevon Cannon 17 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT #130 DB
DB David Roulley 14 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #157 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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Holy Cross Crusaders -16.9 -12.0 -4.9 #358
William & Mary Tribe -5.0 -0.6 -4.4 #244

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

Where the number comes from
Holy Cross offense vs William & Mary defense-7.6 pts
William & Mary offense vs Holy Cross defense+4.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+15.1
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 431 mi

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).

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.