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Virginia Lynchburg

· 0-2 · power -46.1 · #407

Our numberBCU -39.7 ~~no book has priced this game~~

Bethune-Cookman

· 1-1 · power -10.4 · #300

Our side

MoneylineBCU to win ours 99%

Projected score 13–52 VIRG – BCU

2026-09-19 · 4:00 PM Daytona Stadium · Daytona Beach, FL Early season

The books

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

Series Bethune-Cookman lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2018

2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played

Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Balanced · 55% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 31 rush ypg

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all D1 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

Virginia Lynchburg Dragons

DL Najahti Clark 12 tkl · 1.0 TFL #279 DL

DL Ben Bellamy 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL #1034 DL

DL Tyson Woods 6 tkl #1254 DL

RB James Carney 32 rush yds · 3 rec #584 RB

Bethune-Cookman Wildcats

DL Isaiah Washburn 11 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL #268 DL

DL Lewon Lurry Jr 5 tkl · 1.5 TFL #312 DL

DL Noel Brown 8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #356 DL

DB Naim Lassiter 12 tkl #446 DB

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

Team	Power	Off	Def	Rank
Virginia Lynchburg Dragons	-46.1	-20.5	-25.6	#407
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats	-10.4	+1.1	-11.5	#300

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

Where the number comes from

Virginia Lynchburg offense vs Bethune-Cookman defense-9.1 pts

Bethune-Cookman offense vs Virginia Lynchburg defense+26.6 pts

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.