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Houston Christian

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -16.2 · #356
Our numberSFA -32.8 no book has priced this game

Stephen F. Austin

· 3-0 (2-0) · power +12.7 · #71
Our side
MoneylineSFA to win ours 98%
Projected score 12–44 HCU – SFA
2026-10-31 · 3:00 PM Homer Bryce Stadium · Nacogdoches, TX Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Stephen F. Austin lead 6–1 · 7 meetings since 2014
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 194 ranks
Houston Christian Huskies #202 rush offense Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #8 run defense
Pass game edge Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 233 ranks
Houston Christian Huskies #261 pass offense Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #28 pass defense
Run game edge Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 133 ranks
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #39 rush offense Houston Christian Huskies #172 run defense
Pass game even 23 ranks apart
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks #65 pass offense Houston Christian Huskies #88 pass defense
Houston Christian Huskies Balanced · 55% run Ball-control Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Balanced · 49% 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
Houston Christian Huskies
LB Jayven Anderson 21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 7.0 TFL #25 LB
P Julian Maceri 5 punts · 45.2 yd avg #9 P
DL Calvin Kalu-Alexander 6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #351 DL
DB Darius Bean 17 tkl · 1 PD #341 DB
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
DB Makai Frisby 8 tkl · 3 INT #48 DB
K Carlos Alvarado 6 FG · 12 XP · 30 pts #9 K
DB Jaiydyn Johnson 13 tkl · 3 PD #66 DB
WR Bugs Mortimer 8 rec · 161 yds · 2 TD #84 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
Houston Christian Huskies -16.2 -7.9 -8.3 #356
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks +12.7 +6.0 +6.7 #71

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

Where the number comes from
Houston Christian offense vs Stephen F. Austin defense-14.6 pts
Stephen F. Austin offense vs Houston Christian defense+14.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment+32.6

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).