Our side
MoneylineVILL to win
ours 34%
Projected score
32–25
VILL – LAF
2026-10-31 · 12:30 PM
Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA
Early season
The books
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Series
Lafayette lead
4–2
· 6 meetings since 1898
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Villanova Wildcats
122 ranks
Villanova Wildcats #54 rush offense
Lafayette Leopards #176 run defense
Pass game
even
35 ranks apart
Villanova Wildcats #82 pass offense
Lafayette Leopards #117 pass defense
Run game
edge Villanova Wildcats
55 ranks
Lafayette Leopards #94 rush offense
Villanova Wildcats #39 run defense
Pass game
edge Villanova Wildcats
78 ranks
Lafayette Leopards #133 pass offense
Villanova Wildcats #55 pass defense
Villanova Wildcats
Run-heavy · 59% run
Ball-control
Lafayette Leopards
Balanced · 56% run
Avg pace
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
Villanova Wildcats
LB
Omari Bursey
34 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#9 LB
DL
Ugo Nwotite
6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#82 DL
DL
Ratu Delano Navoti
5 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#137 DL
DB
Jamie Tyson
17 tkl · 1 INT
#166 DB
Lafayette Leopards
LB
Beckham Dee
16 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#75 LB
DB
Dhonte Jackson
19 tkl · 1 PD
#139 DB
LB
Callahan Blair
9 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#283 LB
DB
Darrick LeBeouf
10 tkl · 1 INT
#516 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
Villanova offense vs Lafayette defense+5.0 pts
Lafayette offense vs Villanova defense-4.3 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.