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William & Mary

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.0 · #244
Our numberRICH -1.7 no book has priced this game

Richmond

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.8 · #253
Our side
MoneylineRICH to win ours 54%
Projected score 28–30 W&M – RICH
2026-11-21 · 12:00 PM Robins Stadium · Richmond, VA Early season

The books

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Series William & Mary lead 40–39–2 · 81 meetings since 1909
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge William & Mary Tribe 84 ranks
William & Mary Tribe #104 rush offense Richmond Spiders #188 run defense
Pass game edge Richmond Spiders 86 ranks
William & Mary Tribe #102 pass offense Richmond Spiders #16 pass defense
Run game edge Richmond Spiders 55 ranks
Richmond Spiders #183 rush offense William & Mary Tribe #238 run defense
Pass game edge Richmond Spiders 72 ranks
Richmond Spiders #141 pass offense William & Mary Tribe #213 pass defense
William & Mary Tribe Balanced · 56% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 56 rush ypg 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
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
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
William & Mary Tribe -5.0 -0.6 -4.4 #244
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
William & Mary offense vs Richmond defense+2.1 pts
Richmond offense vs William & Mary defense+1.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+2.0

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).