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Southern Utah

· 1-2 · power -2.6 · #211
Our numberSUU -9.2 no book has priced this game

Portland State

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -12.8 · #326
Our side
MoneylineSUU to win ours 29%
Projected score 37–28 SUU – PRST
2026-11-13 · 10:00 PM Hillsboro Stadium · Portland, OR Early season

The books

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Series Portland State lead 3–2 · 5 meetings since 2013
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Southern Utah Thunderbirds 225 ranks
Southern Utah Thunderbirds #37 rush offense Portland State Vikings #262 run defense
Pass game edge Southern Utah Thunderbirds 183 ranks
Southern Utah Thunderbirds #67 pass offense Portland State Vikings #250 pass defense
Run game even 5 ranks apart
Portland State Vikings #258 rush offense Southern Utah Thunderbirds #253 run defense
Pass game edge Southern Utah Thunderbirds 101 ranks
Portland State Vikings #224 pass offense Southern Utah Thunderbirds #123 pass defense
Southern Utah Thunderbirds Run-heavy · 59% run Avg pace Portland State Vikings Balanced · 56% run Ball-control

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
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
DB Parker Vance 18 tkl · 4 PD · 3 INT #4 DB
TE Joshua Acord 11 rec · 128 yds · 3 TD #3 TE
RB Floyd Chalk 427 rush yds · 6 TD · 4 rec #6 RB
DL Myles Amey 9 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 3.5 TFL #103 DL
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

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
Southern Utah Thunderbirds -2.6 +4.0 -6.5 #211
Portland State Vikings -12.8 -2.7 -10.1 #326

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

Where the number comes from
Southern Utah offense vs Portland State defense+14.1 pts
Portland State offense vs Southern Utah defense+3.8 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.4 pts
Power projection before adjustment-7.8
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 743 mi
Altitude · context only1,698 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.