Our side
MoneylineMONT to win
ours 27%
Projected score
34–24
MONT – EWU
2026-10-31 · 4:00 PM
Roos Field · Cheney, WA
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Montana lead
18–9
· 27 meetings since 1938
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Montana Grizzlies
53 ranks
Montana Grizzlies #91 rush offense
Eastern Washington Eagles #144 run defense
Pass game
edge Montana Grizzlies
105 ranks
Montana Grizzlies #20 pass offense
Eastern Washington Eagles #125 pass defense
Run game
even
43 ranks apart
Eastern Washington Eagles #184 rush offense
Montana Grizzlies #141 run defense
Pass game
edge Montana Grizzlies
62 ranks
Eastern Washington Eagles #238 pass offense
Montana Grizzlies #176 pass defense
Montana Grizzlies
Balanced · 54% run
Avg pace
Eastern Washington Eagles
Balanced · 48% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 74 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
Montana Grizzlies
RB
Eli Gillman
328 rush yds · 7 TD · 5 rec
#4 RB
WR
Brooks Davis
24 rec · 305 yds · 1 TD
#36 WR
DB
Brock Beaner
17 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#99 DB
LB
Peyton Wing
13 tkl · 2.5 TFL
#94 LB
Eastern Washington Eagles
DB
Bryce Smith
30 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
#5 DB
DL
Ben Voigtlaender
14 tkl · 2.5 TFL
#40 DL
LB
Myles Mayovsky
33 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#33 LB
WR
Wesley Garrett
18 rec · 235 yds · 2 TD
#42 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Montana offense vs Eastern Washington defense+6.6 pts
Eastern Washington offense vs Montana defense-3.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.7 pts
Power projection before adjustment-8.1
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).