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Drake

· 0-3 · power -12.8 · #324
Our numberSTMN -15.4 no book has priced this game

St. Thomas-Minnesota

· 2-1 · power -2.0 · #198
Our side
MoneylineSTMN to win ours 83%
Projected score 22–37 DRKE – STMN
2026-11-14 · 2:00 PM O'Shaughnessy Stadium · Saint Paul, MN Conference game Early season

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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 edge St. Thomas Tommies 86 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #100 rush offense St. Thomas Tommies #14 run defense
Pass game edge Drake Bulldogs 152 ranks
Drake Bulldogs #89 pass offense St. Thomas Tommies #241 pass defense
Run game edge Drake Bulldogs 47 ranks
St. Thomas Tommies #146 rush offense Drake Bulldogs #99 run defense
Pass game edge St. Thomas Tommies 99 ranks
St. Thomas Tommies #48 pass offense Drake Bulldogs #147 pass defense
Drake Bulldogs Run-heavy · 69% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg St. Thomas Tommies Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 36 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
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
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

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
St. Thomas Tommies -2.0 +1.0 -3.0 #198

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 St. Thomas-Minnesota defense-2.6 pts
St. Thomas-Minnesota offense vs Drake defense+8.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+14.1

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).