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Texas Southern

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -19.5 · #374
Our numberALCN -7.4 no book has priced this game

Alcorn State

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -15.3 · #348
Our side
MoneylineALCN to win ours 66%
Projected score 27–35 TXSO – ALCN
2026-09-26 · 4:00 PM Spinks-Casem Stadium · Lorman, MS Conference game Early season

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Series Alcorn State lead 11–8 · 19 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 32 ranks apart
Texas Southern Tigers #97 rush offense Alcorn State Braves #65 run defense
Pass game edge Alcorn State Braves 177 ranks
Texas Southern Tigers #204 pass offense Alcorn State Braves #27 pass defense
Run game even 13 ranks apart
Alcorn State Braves #103 rush offense Texas Southern Tigers #116 run defense
Pass game edge Texas Southern Tigers 47 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #195 pass offense Texas Southern Tigers #148 pass defense
Texas Southern Tigers Run-heavy · 62% run Ball-control Alcorn State Braves Run-heavy · 60% 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
Texas Southern Tigers
LB Donovan Jones 22 tkl · 2.5 TFL #76 LB
DL Jordan Thompson 10 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #143 DL
RB Athean Renfro Jr. 293 rush yds · 2 TD · 3 rec #63 RB
DL Thurman Rayborn 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #176 DL
Alcorn State Braves
DB Timothy Jasper 31 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #17 DB
WR Tyree Kelly 11 rec · 231 yds · 3 TD #100 WR
DL Eric Thomas 6 tkl · 1.5 TFL #189 DL
RB Ernest Temple 187 rush yds · 2 TD · 7 rec #78 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
Texas Southern Tigers -19.5 -8.1 -11.5 #374
Alcorn State Braves -15.3 -3.9 -11.4 #348

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

Where the number comes from
Texas Southern offense vs Alcorn State defense+3.4 pts
Alcorn State offense vs Texas Southern defense+7.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.2 pts
Power projection before adjustment+7.2
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

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.