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Cal Poly

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -4.8 · #243
Our numberUCD -14.5 no book has priced this game

UC Davis

· 2-1 (1-0) · power +7.3 · #100
Our side
MoneylineUCD to win ours 81%
Projected score 22–37 CP – UCD
2026-11-21 · 4:00 PM UC Davis Health Stadium · Davis, CA Conference game Early season

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Series UC Davis lead 15–5 · 20 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Cal Poly Mustangs 57 ranks
Cal Poly Mustangs #185 rush offense UC Davis Aggies #242 run defense
Pass game even 2 ranks apart
Cal Poly Mustangs #114 pass offense UC Davis Aggies #112 pass defense
Run game edge UC Davis Aggies 159 ranks
UC Davis Aggies #42 rush offense Cal Poly Mustangs #201 run defense
Pass game edge UC Davis Aggies 95 ranks
UC Davis Aggies #41 pass offense Cal Poly Mustangs #136 pass defense
Cal Poly Mustangs Balanced · 51% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 36 rush ypg UC Davis Aggies Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 37 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
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
UC Davis Aggies
WR Samuel Gbatu Jr. 22 rec · 296 yds · 3 TD #18 WR
DL Jaden Few 13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #85 DL
RB Jordan Fisher 148 rush yds · 3 TD · 9 rec #39 RB
DB Teeg Slone 5 tkl · 1 INT #178 DB

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
UC Davis Aggies +7.3 +5.8 +1.4 #100

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 UC Davis defense-3.2 pts
UC Davis offense vs Cal Poly defense+8.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment+15.3
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

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.