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Lehigh

· 3-0 (2-0) · power +9.8 · #86
Our numberLEH -20.6 no book has priced this game

Lafayette

· 1-1 · power -12.9 · #327
Our side
MoneylineLEH to win ours 10%
Projected score 39–18 LEH – LAF
2026-11-21 · 12:30 PM Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Lafayette lead 46–38–4 · 88 meetings since 1884
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 124 ranks
Lehigh Mountain Hawks #52 rush offense Lafayette Leopards #176 run defense
Pass game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 102 ranks
Lehigh Mountain Hawks #15 pass offense Lafayette Leopards #117 pass defense
Run game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 78 ranks
Lafayette Leopards #94 rush offense Lehigh Mountain Hawks #16 run defense
Pass game edge Lehigh Mountain Hawks 99 ranks
Lafayette Leopards #133 pass offense Lehigh Mountain Hawks #34 pass defense
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Run-heavy · 67% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 35 rush ypg 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
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
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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Lehigh Mountain Hawks +9.8 +4.2 +5.6 #86
Lafayette Leopards -12.9 -5.0 -7.9 #327

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 Lafayette defense+12.1 pts
Lafayette offense vs Lehigh defense-10.6 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.