← Matchups

Cal Poly

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -4.8 · #243
Our numberIDST -15.2 no book has priced this game

Idaho State

· 3-0 · power +6.8 · #105
Our side
MoneylineIDST to win ours 83%
Projected score 22–37 CP – IDST
2026-10-10 · 6:00 PM ICCU Dome · Pocatello, ID Conference game Indoors Early season

The books

No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.

Series Cal Poly lead 7–6 · 13 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Idaho State Bengals 119 ranks
Cal Poly Mustangs #185 rush offense Idaho State Bengals #66 run defense
Pass game edge Cal Poly Mustangs 96 ranks
Cal Poly Mustangs #114 pass offense Idaho State Bengals #210 pass defense
Run game edge Idaho State Bengals 93 ranks
Idaho State Bengals #108 rush offense Cal Poly Mustangs #201 run defense
Pass game edge Idaho State Bengals 64 ranks
Idaho State Bengals #72 pass offense Cal Poly Mustangs #136 pass defense
Cal Poly Mustangs Balanced · 51% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 36 rush ypg Idaho State Bengals Balanced · 43% 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
Cal Poly Mustangs
LB Mikey D'Amato 36 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #27 LB
WR Tayvion McCoy 20 rec · 249 yds · 1 TD #56 WR
P Dean Scrivner 9 punts · 45.4 yd avg #11 P
WR Fidel Pitts 14 rec · 212 yds · 2 TD #77 WR
Idaho State Bengals
K Mason Lindberg 7 FG · 15 XP · 36 pts #1 K
DL Trehsyn Fesili 20 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL #14 DL
DL Collin Lewis 10 tkl · 0.5 TFL #44 DL
LB Nathan Reynolds 33 tkl · 3.0 TFL #32 LB

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
Cal Poly Mustangs -4.8 -1.7 -3.1 #243
Idaho State Bengals +6.8 +5.5 +1.2 #105

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

Where the number comes from
Cal Poly offense vs Idaho State defense-3.0 pts
Idaho State offense vs Cal Poly defense+8.6 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.4 pts
Power projection before adjustment+14.8
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 684 mi
Altitude · context only1,306 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

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.