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Northwestern State

· 0-3 (0-1) · power -27.1 · #392
Our numberWEB -24.6 no book has priced this game

Weber State

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -6.5 · #256
Our side
MoneylineWEB to win ours 91%
Projected score 21–46 NWST – WEB
2026-09-19 · 8:00 PM Stewart Stadium · Ogden, UT Early season

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Series Weber State lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2024
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 12 ranks apart
Northwestern State Demons #259 rush offense Weber State Wildcats #247 run defense
Pass game edge Weber State Wildcats 128 ranks
Northwestern State Demons #265 pass offense Weber State Wildcats #137 pass defense
Run game edge Weber State Wildcats 100 ranks
Weber State Wildcats #165 rush offense Northwestern State Demons #265 run defense
Pass game even 13 ranks apart
Weber State Wildcats #249 pass offense Northwestern State Demons #262 pass defense
Northwestern State Demons Run-heavy · 63% run Ball-control Weber State Wildcats Balanced · 58% 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
Northwestern State Demons
DL Geoffrey Ojeh 7 tkl · 1.0 TFL #296 DL
DB Joe Natali 14 tkl #481 DB
LB Danny Sears 14 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL #370 LB
DB Diego Sanchez 9 tkl · 1 PD #676 DB
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

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
Northwestern State Demons -27.1 -9.6 -17.4 #392
Weber State Wildcats -6.5 +3.4 -9.9 #256

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

Where the number comes from
Northwestern State offense vs Weber State defense+0.3 pts
Weber State offense vs Northwestern State defense+20.9 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.4 pts
Power projection before adjustment+24.2
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,230 mi
Altitude · context only1,415 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.