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Portland State

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -12.8 · #326
Our numberMONT -25.6 no book has priced this game

Montana

· 3-0 · power +7.5 · #97
Our side
MoneylineMONT to win ours 94%
Projected score 17–43 PRST – MONT
2026-11-07 · 3:00 PM Washington-Grizzly Stadium · Missoula, MT Conference game Early season

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Series Montana lead 15–3 · 18 meetings since 2004
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Montana Grizzlies 117 ranks
Portland State Vikings #258 rush offense Montana Grizzlies #141 run defense
Pass game edge Montana Grizzlies 48 ranks
Portland State Vikings #224 pass offense Montana Grizzlies #176 pass defense
Run game edge Montana Grizzlies 171 ranks
Montana Grizzlies #91 rush offense Portland State Vikings #262 run defense
Pass game edge Montana Grizzlies 230 ranks
Montana Grizzlies #20 pass offense Portland State Vikings #250 pass defense
Portland State Vikings Balanced · 56% run Ball-control Montana Grizzlies Balanced · 54% 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
Portland State Vikings
DB Lono Solomon 19 tkl · 2 PD #23 DB
DB Isaac Redford 17 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT #24 DB
TE Tanner Beaman 16 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD #7 TE
WR Terence Loville 15 rec · 221 yds · 1 TD #70 WR
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

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
Portland State Vikings -12.8 -2.7 -10.1 #326
Montana Grizzlies +7.5 +4.0 +3.6 #97

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

Where the number comes from
Portland State offense vs Montana defense-6.3 pts
Montana offense vs Portland State defense+14.1 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.6 pts
Power projection before adjustment+24.0
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 436 mi
Altitude · context only914 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.