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Southern

· 1-2 (0-1) · power -19.5 · #373
Our numberPV -17.4 no book has priced this game

Prairie View A&M

· 1-2 (1-0) · power -5.1 · #245
Our side
MoneylinePV to win ours 86%
Projected score 20–38 SOU – PV
2026-10-10 · 3:00 PM Panther Stadium · Prairie View, TX Conference game Early season

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Series Southern lead 10–8 · 18 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 71 ranks
Southern Jaguars #113 rush offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #42 run defense
Pass game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 200 ranks
Southern Jaguars #219 pass offense Prairie View A&M Panthers #19 pass defense
Run game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 144 ranks
Prairie View A&M Panthers #58 rush offense Southern Jaguars #202 run defense
Pass game edge Prairie View A&M Panthers 129 ranks
Prairie View A&M Panthers #53 pass offense Southern Jaguars #182 pass defense
Southern Jaguars Run-heavy · 65% run Ball-control Prairie View A&M Panthers Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 42 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
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
Prairie View A&M Panthers
DB Kamrin Canterbury 27 tkl · 2 PD #36 DB
DB Malachi Williams 11 tkl · 1 INT #102 DB
DB Nahamani Harris 21 tkl · 2 PD #123 DB
DL Malik Gucake 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #154 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
Southern Jaguars -19.5 -8.4 -11.1 #373
Prairie View A&M Panthers -5.1 -1.9 -3.2 #245

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 Prairie View A&M defense-5.1 pts
Prairie View A&M offense vs Southern defense+9.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.2 pts
Power projection before adjustment+17.6

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).