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Tarleton State

· 3-0 · power +10.1 · #82
Our numberTAR -1.9 no book has priced this game

Austin Peay

· 2-1 · power +5.6 · #117
Our side
MoneylineTAR to win ours 45%
Projected score 30–29 TAR – APSU
2026-10-10 · 7:00 PM Fortera Stadium · Clarksville, TN Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Tarleton State lead 2–0 · 2 meetings since 2024
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 37 ranks apart
Tarleton State Texans #64 rush offense Austin Peay Governors #101 run defense
Pass game edge Tarleton State Texans 52 ranks
Tarleton State Texans #11 pass offense Austin Peay Governors #63 pass defense
Run game edge Austin Peay Governors 66 ranks
Austin Peay Governors #22 rush offense Tarleton State Texans #88 run defense
Pass game even 4 ranks apart
Austin Peay Governors #28 pass offense Tarleton State Texans #24 pass defense
Tarleton State Texans Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Austin Peay Governors Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 62 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
Tarleton State Texans
RB Tylan Hines 575 rush yds · 4 TD · 6 rec #3 RB
WR Marquis Willis 19 rec · 320 yds · 3 TD #11 WR
DB Fredd Adams 21 tkl · 5 PD #25 DB
P Charlie Mullen 7 punts · 44.7 yd avg #4 P
Austin Peay Governors
DL Demoris Jenkins 8 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #55 DL
WR Denver Harper 7 rec · 256 yds · 4 TD #45 WR
DB Trevor Hardy 21 tkl · 1 PD #100 DB
DL Malik Denkins 7 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #210 DL

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
Tarleton State Texans +10.1 +7.9 +2.2 #82
Austin Peay Governors +5.6 +2.8 +2.7 #117

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

Where the number comes from
Tarleton State offense vs Austin Peay defense+5.2 pts
Austin Peay offense vs Tarleton State defense+0.7 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.0 pts
Power projection before adjustment-1.9
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 687 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.