← Matchups

Southern

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -19.5 · #373
Our numberFAMU -8.1 no book has priced this game

Florida A&M

· 1-2 · power -13.1 · #330
Our side
MoneylineFAMU to win ours 69%
Projected score 24–33 SOU – FAMU
2026-10-31 · 3:00 PM Bragg Memorial Stadium · Tallahassee, FL Conference game Early season

The books

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

Series Florida A&M lead 9–2 · 11 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Southern Jaguars 115 ranks
Southern Jaguars #113 rush offense Florida A&M Rattlers #228 run defense
Pass game even 23 ranks apart
Southern Jaguars #219 pass offense Florida A&M Rattlers #242 pass defense
Run game even 29 ranks apart
Florida A&M Rattlers #173 rush offense Southern Jaguars #202 run defense
Pass game even 40 ranks apart
Florida A&M Rattlers #142 pass offense Southern Jaguars #182 pass defense
Southern Jaguars Run-heavy · 65% run Ball-control Florida A&M Rattlers Balanced · 56% 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
Southern Jaguars
DB Tay James 8 tkl · 1 INT #79 DB
DL Ckelby Givens 6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL #119 DL
RB Trey Holly 141 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec #184 RB
DB Ty Lee 9 tkl · 1 PD #525 DB
Florida A&M Rattlers
DB Justin Bostic 10 tkl · 2 INT #44 DB
LB Denzel Johnson 14 tkl #218 LB
P Bobby Engstler 25 punts · 40.0 yd avg #39 P
DB Caleb McKenzie 4 tkl #687 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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Southern Jaguars -19.5 -8.4 -11.1 #373
Florida A&M Rattlers -13.1 -6.9 -6.2 #330

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

Where the number comes from
Southern offense vs Florida A&M defense-2.2 pts
Florida A&M offense vs Southern defense+4.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment+9.4
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 411 mi

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).

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.