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Northern Arizona

· 2-1 (1-0) · power +0.2 · #171
Our numberNAU -1.0 no book has priced this game

Cal Poly

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -4.8 · #243
Our side
MoneylineNAU to win ours 48%
Projected score 30–29 NAU – CP
2026-11-07 · 5:00 PM Mustang Memorial Field at Spanos Stadium · San Luis Obispo, CA Conference game Early season

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Series Northern Arizona lead 9–1 · 10 meetings since 1935
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 72 ranks
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #129 rush offense Cal Poly Mustangs #201 run defense
Pass game edge Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 60 ranks
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #76 pass offense Cal Poly Mustangs #136 pass defense
Run game edge Cal Poly Mustangs 67 ranks
Cal Poly Mustangs #185 rush offense Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #252 run defense
Pass game edge Cal Poly Mustangs 67 ranks
Cal Poly Mustangs #114 pass offense Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #181 pass defense
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Balanced · 53% run Avg pace Cal Poly Mustangs Balanced · 51% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 36 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
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
DB Deliyon Freeman 23 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #33 DB
DB Jahaad Fort 16 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT #43 DB
DB Shoes Brinkley 27 tkl · 1 PD #60 DB
LB Jaiden Letua 25 tkl · 1.0 TFL #43 LB
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

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
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks +0.2 +1.8 -1.6 #171
Cal Poly Mustangs -4.8 -1.7 -3.1 #243

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

Where the number comes from
Northern Arizona offense vs Cal Poly defense+4.8 pts
Cal Poly offense vs Northern Arizona defense-0.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment-2.3
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 508 mi
Altitude · context only2,021 m lower 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.