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UT Martin

· 1-2 · power -8.1 · #278
Our numberUTM -11.3 no book has priced this game

Tennessee State

· 0-3 · power -19.1 · #371
Our side
MoneylineUTM to win ours 24%
Projected score 29–18 UTM – TNST
2026-10-10 · 3:30 PM Nissan Stadium · Nashville, TN Conference game Early season

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Series UT Martin lead 13–8 · 21 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Tennessee State Tigers 88 ranks
UT Martin Skyhawks #199 rush offense Tennessee State Tigers #111 run defense
Pass game even 16 ranks apart
UT Martin Skyhawks #108 pass offense Tennessee State Tigers #92 pass defense
Run game edge UT Martin Skyhawks 180 ranks
Tennessee State Tigers #265 rush offense UT Martin Skyhawks #85 run defense
Pass game even 7 ranks apart
Tennessee State Tigers #255 pass offense UT Martin Skyhawks #248 pass defense
UT Martin Skyhawks Run-heavy · 63% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 38 rush ypg Tennessee State Tigers Balanced · 54% 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
UT Martin Skyhawks
P Max Zuluaga 8 punts · 51.4 yd avg #1 P
DB Trey Cotton 23 tkl · 1 INT #12 DB
DL Chris Wilson 14 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL #78 DL
DB Jamal Mayers 12 tkl · 3 PD #73 DB
Tennessee State Tigers
DB Brendan Hale 21 tkl · 2 PD #93 DB
DL Bryce Gray 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #244 DL
WR Jayden Guy 15 rec · 202 yds #212 WR
P Truette Tumey 15 punts · 43.7 yd avg #32 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
UT Martin Skyhawks -8.1 -6.7 -1.4 #278
Tennessee State Tigers -19.1 -16.0 -3.0 #371

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

Where the number comes from
UT Martin offense vs Tennessee State defense-3.7 pts
Tennessee State offense vs UT Martin defense-14.6 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-2.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment-8.6
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

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.