← Matchups

East Tennessee State

· 1-2 · power -4.6 · #237
Our numberETSU -8.3 no book has priced this game

The Citadel

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -14.5 · #340
Our side
MoneylineETSU to win ours 30%
Projected score 36–28 ETSU – CIT
2026-10-10 · 2:00 PM Johnson Hagood Stadium · Charleston, SC Conference game Early season

The books

No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.

Series East Tennessee State lead 8–5 · 13 meetings since 1966
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 79 ranks
East Tennessee State Buccaneers #72 rush offense The Citadel Bulldogs #151 run defense
Pass game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 84 ranks
East Tennessee State Buccaneers #175 pass offense The Citadel Bulldogs #259 pass defense
Run game edge East Tennessee State Buccaneers 101 ranks
The Citadel Bulldogs #203 rush offense East Tennessee State Buccaneers #102 run defense
Pass game edge The Citadel Bulldogs 162 ranks
The Citadel Bulldogs #26 pass offense East Tennessee State Buccaneers #188 pass defense
East Tennessee State Buccaneers Balanced · 55% run Avg pace The Citadel Bulldogs Run-heavy · 81% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 57 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
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
LB Dre Delinois 32 tkl · 1.0 TFL #54 LB
RB TJ Peyton 253 rush yds · 3 TD · 3 rec #42 RB
TE Charlie Browder 11 rec · 137 yds · 1 TD #22 TE
DL Charles Woodard 13 tkl · 0.5 TFL #153 DL
The Citadel Bulldogs
LB Zyion Brown 28 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #19 LB
RB Gavin Garcia 289 rush yds · 4 TD · 2 rec #21 RB
DB J'hari Mosley 18 tkl · 1 INT #150 DB
RB Sebastien Boyle 94 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec #137 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
East Tennessee State Buccaneers -4.6 +2.6 -7.2 #237
The Citadel Bulldogs -14.5 -4.0 -10.5 #340

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

Where the number comes from
East Tennessee State offense vs The Citadel defense+13.0 pts
The Citadel offense vs East Tennessee State defense+3.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment-7.4
Altitude · context only508 m lower than the visitor's home elevation

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.