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Furman

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -0.6 · #188
Our numberFUR -3.9 no book has priced this game

Richmond

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.8 · #253
Our side
MoneylineFUR to win ours 42%
Projected score 27–23 FUR – RICH
2026-09-26 · 2:00 PM Robins Stadium · Richmond, VA Early season

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Series Richmond lead 15–8 · 23 meetings since 1922
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 26 ranks apart
Furman Paladins #214 rush offense Richmond Spiders #188 run defense
Pass game edge Richmond Spiders 149 ranks
Furman Paladins #165 pass offense Richmond Spiders #16 pass defense
Run game even 18 ranks apart
Richmond Spiders #183 rush offense Furman Paladins #165 run defense
Pass game even 15 ranks apart
Richmond Spiders #141 pass offense Furman Paladins #156 pass defense
Furman Paladins Balanced · 47% run Ball-control Richmond Spiders Run-heavy · 62% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 44 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
Furman Paladins
DB Eli Lipscomb 12 tkl #127 DB
DB Caleb Easterling 8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT #144 DB
WR Daniel Haughton 12 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD #140 WR
DL Joshua Stoneking 10 tkl · 2.0 TFL #265 DL
Richmond Spiders
DL Camden Byrd 7 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL #32 DL
LB Blake Houser 26 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #44 LB
DL Daniel Sellers 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #88 DL
RB Aziz Foster-Powell 141 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec #68 RB

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
Furman Paladins -0.6 -5.3 +4.7 #188
Richmond Spiders -5.8 -3.0 -2.8 #253

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

Where the number comes from
Furman offense vs Richmond defense-2.6 pts
Richmond offense vs Furman defense-7.7 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment-2.6

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).