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Wofford

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -5.1 · #246
Our numberFUR -6.3 no book has priced this game

Furman

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -0.6 · #188
Our side
MoneylineFUR to win ours 65%
Projected score 18–25 WOF – FUR
2026-10-03 · 2:00 PM Paladin Stadium · Greenville, SC Conference game Early season

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Series Furman lead 40–30–5 · 75 meetings since 1914
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Furman Paladins 65 ranks
Wofford Terriers #230 rush offense Furman Paladins #165 run defense
Pass game edge Furman Paladins 58 ranks
Wofford Terriers #214 pass offense Furman Paladins #156 pass defense
Run game edge Wofford Terriers 207 ranks
Furman Paladins #214 rush offense Wofford Terriers #7 run defense
Pass game edge Wofford Terriers 69 ranks
Furman Paladins #165 pass offense Wofford Terriers #96 pass defense
Wofford Terriers Balanced · 51% run Ball-control 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
Wofford Terriers
LB Wyatt Ward 28 tkl · 2.5 TFL #16 LB
RB Gerald Modest Jr. 246 rush yds · 4 TD · 6 rec #26 RB
DB Cole Walker 14 tkl · 5 PD #75 DB
LB Javario Tinch 17 tkl · 1.5 TFL #86 LB
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
Wofford Terriers -5.1 -10.2 +5.0 #246
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
Wofford offense vs Furman defense-14.9 pts
Furman offense vs Wofford defense-10.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.2 pts
Power projection before adjustment+7.5

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).