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Alcorn State

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -15.3 · #348
Our numberGRAM -11.5 no book has priced this game

Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our side
MoneylineGRAM to win ours 76%
Projected score 26–37 ALCN – GRAM
2026-10-03 · 3:00 PM Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium · Grambling, LA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Grambling lead 12–8 · 20 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 11 ranks apart
Alcorn State Braves #103 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game edge Grambling Tigers 155 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #195 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Run game edge Alcorn State Braves 111 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Alcorn State Braves #65 run defense
Pass game edge Alcorn State Braves 136 ranks
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Alcorn State Braves #27 pass defense
Alcorn State Braves Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Grambling Tigers 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
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
Grambling Tigers
DB Jalen Guillard 14 tkl · 4 PD #185 DB
RB Byron Eaton Jr. 79 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec #120 RB
WR Jordan Bride 14 rec · 221 yds #181 WR
WR Tyson George 15 rec · 160 yds · 1 TD #194 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
Alcorn State Braves -15.3 -3.9 -11.4 #348
Grambling Tigers -7.0 -0.9 -6.1 #266

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

Where the number comes from
Alcorn State offense vs Grambling defense+2.2 pts
Grambling offense vs Alcorn State defense+10.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness+0.1 pts
Power projection before adjustment+11.4

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).