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Jackson State

· 2-0 · power -6.7 · #259
Our numberGRAM -2.5 no book has priced this game

Grambling

· 2-1 · power -7.0 · #266
Our side
MoneylineGRAM to win ours 56%
Projected score 30–32 JKST – GRAM
2026-10-10 · 5:00 PM Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium · Grambling, LA Conference game Early season

The books

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Series Grambling lead 13–3 · 16 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Jackson State Tigers 82 ranks
Jackson State Tigers #10 rush offense Grambling Tigers #92 run defense
Pass game even 35 ranks apart
Jackson State Tigers #75 pass offense Grambling Tigers #40 pass defense
Run game edge Jackson State Tigers 145 ranks
Grambling Tigers #176 rush offense Jackson State Tigers #31 run defense
Pass game edge Jackson State Tigers 122 ranks
Grambling Tigers #163 pass offense Jackson State Tigers #41 pass defense
Jackson State Tigers Run-heavy · 65% run Avg pace Grambling Tigers Run-heavy · 60% 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
Jackson State Tigers
K Andrew Ivaniciuc 5 FG · 8 XP · 23 pts #32 K
RB Nate Blount IV 168 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec #125 RB
WR Jabari Jones 7 rec · 173 yds · 1 TD #198 WR
WR Nate Rembert 7 rec · 188 yds #325 WR
Grambling Tigers
DB Jalen Guillard 14 tkl · 4 PD #185 DB
RB Byron Eaton Jr. 79 rush yds · 1 TD · 5 rec #120 RB
WR Jordan Bride 14 rec · 221 yds #181 WR
WR Tyson George 15 rec · 160 yds · 1 TD #194 WR

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
Jackson State Tigers -6.7 +0.0 -6.8 #259
Grambling Tigers -7.0 -0.9 -6.1 #266

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

Where the number comes from
Jackson State offense vs Grambling defense+6.2 pts
Grambling offense vs Jackson State defense+5.8 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.