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Drake

· 0-3 · power -12.8 · #324
Our numberMORE -1.9 no book has priced this game

Morehead State

· 1-2 · power -15.1 · #345
Our side
MoneylineMORE to win ours 55%
Projected score 30–32 DRKE – MORE
2026-10-31 · 1:00 PM Phil Simms Stadium · Morehead, KY Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Drake lead 10–3 · 13 meetings since 2006
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Drake Bulldogs 163 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #100 rush offense Morehead State Eagles #263 run defense
Pass game edge Drake Bulldogs 89 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #89 pass offense Morehead State Eagles #178 pass defense
Run game edge Drake Bulldogs 151 ranks
Morehead State Eagles #250 rush offense Drake Bulldogs #99 run defense
Pass game edge Morehead State Eagles 53 ranks
Morehead State Eagles #94 pass offense Drake Bulldogs #147 pass defense
Drake Bulldogs Run-heavy · 69% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg Morehead State Eagles Balanced · 55% 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
Drake Bulldogs
LB J.R. Flood 35 tkl · 0.5 TFL #37 LB
DL Tyson Shivers 10 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #77 DL
WR Willis Nofsinger 18 rec · 285 yds · 1 TD #53 WR
WR Hank Foley 14 rec · 215 yds · 1 TD #120 WR
Morehead State Eagles
DB Tazion McQueen 10 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT #96 DB
DB Sidney Webb 4 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #125 DB
DB Isaiah Watts 3 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #148 DB
WR Cross Watson 4 rec · 132 yds · 3 TD #207 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
Drake Bulldogs -12.8 -5.6 -7.2 #324
Morehead State Eagles -15.1 -2.7 -12.4 #345

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

Where the number comes from
Drake offense vs Morehead State defense+6.8 pts
Morehead State offense vs Drake defense+4.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.5 pts
Power projection before adjustment+0.4
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 591 mi

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.