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Alcorn State

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

Prairie View A&M

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -5.1 · #245
Our side
MoneylinePV to win ours 76%
Projected score 25–36 ALCN – PV
2026-10-17 · 3:00 PM Panther Stadium · Prairie View, TX Conference game Early season

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Series Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M split 18 (9–9) · 18 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 61 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #103 rush offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #42 run defense
Pass game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 176 ranks
Alcorn State Braves #195 pass offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #19 pass defense
Run game even 7 ranks apart
Prairie View A&M Panthers #58 rush offense Alcorn State Braves #65 run defense
Pass game even 26 ranks apart
Prairie View A&M Panthers #53 pass offense Alcorn State Braves #27 pass defense
Alcorn State Braves Run-heavy · 60% run Ball-control Prairie View A&M Panthers Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 42 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
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
Prairie View A&M Panthers
DB Kamrin Canterbury 27 tkl · 2 PD #36 DB
DB Malachi Williams 11 tkl · 1 INT #102 DB
DB Nahamani Harris 21 tkl · 2 PD #123 DB
DL Malik Gucake 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #154 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
Alcorn State Braves -15.3 -3.9 -11.4 #348
Prairie View A&M Panthers -5.1 -1.9 -3.2 #245

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 Prairie View A&M defense-0.7 pts
Prairie View A&M offense vs Alcorn State defense+9.5 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.8 pts
Power projection before adjustment+13.3

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).