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Weber State

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -6.5 · #256
Our numberMTST -33.5 no book has priced this game

Montana State

· 3-0 · power +20.4 · #35
Our side
MoneylineMTST to win ours 98%
Projected score 15–49 WEB – MTST
2026-10-24 · 3:00 PM Bobcat Stadium (MT) · Bozeman, MT Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Montana State lead 14–4 · 18 meetings since 2004
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 42 ranks apart
Weber State Wildcats #165 rush offense Montana State Bobcats #123 run defense
Pass game edge Montana State Bobcats 229 ranks
Weber State Wildcats #249 pass offense Montana State Bobcats #20 pass defense
Run game edge Montana State Bobcats 231 ranks
Montana State Bobcats #16 rush offense Weber State Wildcats #247 run defense
Pass game edge Montana State Bobcats 120 ranks
Montana State Bobcats #17 pass offense Weber State Wildcats #137 pass defense
Weber State Wildcats Balanced · 58% run Ball-control Montana State Bobcats Run-heavy · 62% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 47 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
Weber State Wildcats
WR Noah Kjar 22 rec · 385 yds · 6 TD #2 WR
LB Teni Worthen 25 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #52 LB
LB Zach Smith 10 tkl #59 LB
P Henry Way 13 punts · 45.4 yd avg #13 P
Montana State Bobcats
WR Dane Steel 13 rec · 264 yds · 3 TD #31 WR
K Myles Sansted 5 FG · 14 XP · 29 pts #12 K
RB Adam Jones 198 rush yds · 3 TD · 6 rec #40 RB
WR Taco Dowler 16 rec · 180 yds · 1 TD #107 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
Weber State Wildcats -6.5 +3.4 -9.9 #256
Montana State Bobcats +20.4 +11.0 +9.4 #35

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

Where the number comes from
Weber State offense vs Montana State defense-5.9 pts
Montana State offense vs Weber State defense+20.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+2.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment+30.6

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).