Our side
MoneylineBCU to win
ours 19%
Projected score
38–24
BCU – MVSU
2026-10-17 · 3:00 PM
Rice-Totten Stadium · Itta Bena, MS
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Bethune-Cookman lead
6–1
· 7 meetings since 2018
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
11 ranks apart
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #194 rush offense
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils #205 run defense
Pass game
edge Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
168 ranks
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #88 pass offense
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils #256 pass defense
Run game
even
3 ranks apart
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils #261 rush offense
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #264 run defense
Pass game
edge Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
116 ranks
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils #236 pass offense
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats #120 pass defense
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Balanced · 55% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 31 rush ypg
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
Balanced · 45% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 38 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
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
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
DB
Tyrell Johnson
6 tkl · 1 INT
#81 DB
LB
Douglas Franklin
15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#146 LB
TE
Jaylen King
12 rec · 85 yds · 1 TD
#53 TE
DB
Jamari Stokes
11 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#322 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Bethune-Cookman offense vs Mississippi Valley State defense+14.3 pts
Mississippi Valley State offense vs Bethune-Cookman defense-2.3 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 621 mi
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.
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.