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Chattanooga

· 1-2 · power -8.8 · #281
Our numberFUR -10.5 no book has priced this game

Furman

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -0.6 · #188
Our side
MoneylineFUR to win ours 74%
Projected score 18–29 UTC – FUR
2026-11-14 · 1:00 PM Paladin Stadium · Greenville, SC Conference game Early season

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Series Furman and Chattanooga split 34 (17–17) · 34 meetings since 1928
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 38 ranks apart
Chattanooga Mocs #127 rush offense Furman Paladins #165 run defense
Pass game edge Furman Paladins 67 ranks
Chattanooga Mocs #223 pass offense Furman Paladins #156 pass defense
Run game edge Chattanooga Mocs 68 ranks
Furman Paladins #214 rush offense Chattanooga Mocs #146 run defense
Pass game edge Furman Paladins 50 ranks
Furman Paladins #165 pass offense Chattanooga Mocs #215 pass defense
Chattanooga Mocs Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 43 rush ypg Furman Paladins Balanced · 47% 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
Chattanooga Mocs
DB Keyshawn Jackson 18 tkl · 5 PD #69 DB
RB Kevin Lalin 290 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec #51 RB
LB Zion Rutledge 24 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #115 LB
DB Kam Baah-Slay 12 tkl · 2 PD #230 DB
Furman Paladins
DB Eli Lipscomb 12 tkl #127 DB
DB Caleb Easterling 8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT #144 DB
WR Daniel Haughton 12 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD #140 WR
DL Joshua Stoneking 10 tkl · 2.0 TFL #265 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
Chattanooga Mocs -8.8 -7.8 -1.0 #281
Furman Paladins -0.6 -5.3 +4.7 #188

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

Where the number comes from
Chattanooga offense vs Furman defense-12.5 pts
Furman offense vs Chattanooga defense-4.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment+11.3

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).