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St. Thomas-Minnesota

· 2-1 · power -2.0 · #198
Our numberBUT -1.2 no book has priced this game

Butler

· 2-1 · power -3.5 · #223
Our side
MoneylineBUT to win ours 53%
Projected score 29–30 STMN – BUT
2026-11-07 · 1:00 PM Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl · Indianapolis, IN Conference game Early season

The books

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Series St. Thomas (MN) lead 3–2 · 5 meetings since 2021
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 14 ranks apart
St. Thomas Tommies #146 rush offense Butler Bulldogs #132 run defense
Pass game edge St. Thomas Tommies 183 ranks
St. Thomas Tommies #48 pass offense Butler Bulldogs #231 pass defense
Run game edge St. Thomas Tommies 125 ranks
Butler Bulldogs #139 rush offense St. Thomas Tommies #14 run defense
Pass game edge Butler Bulldogs 128 ranks
Butler Bulldogs #113 pass offense St. Thomas Tommies #241 pass defense
St. Thomas Tommies Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 36 rush ypg Butler Bulldogs Run-heavy · 62% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 62 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
St. Thomas Tommies
DB Peyton Himley 14 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT #85 DB
LB Malachi Boadi-Aboagye 8 tkl · 1.5 TFL #60 LB
WR Pierce McCrary 13 rec · 172 yds · 1 TD #142 WR
DL Evan Tyler 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #282 DL
Butler Bulldogs
DL Okemdi Eze 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #316 DL
WR Nick Munson 5 rec · 73 yds · 2 TD #234 WR
DB Steven Stephany 8 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #457 DB
RB Desmin Jackson 88 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec #209 RB

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
St. Thomas Tommies -2.0 +1.0 -3.0 #198
Butler Bulldogs -3.5 -0.8 -2.7 #223

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

Where the number comes from
St. Thomas-Minnesota offense vs Butler defense+3.7 pts
Butler offense vs St. Thomas-Minnesota defense+2.2 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 499 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

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.