Our side
MoneylineMCN to win
ours 25%
Projected score
33–22
MCN – HCU
2026-11-07 · 5:00 PM
Husky Stadium (TX) · Houston, TX
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
McNeese lead
6–2
· 8 meetings since 2017
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge McNeese Cowboys
90 ranks
McNeese Cowboys #82 rush offense
Houston Christian Huskies #172 run defense
Pass game
edge Houston Christian Huskies
118 ranks
McNeese Cowboys #206 pass offense
Houston Christian Huskies #88 pass defense
Run game
even
39 ranks apart
Houston Christian Huskies #202 rush offense
McNeese Cowboys #241 run defense
Pass game
edge McNeese Cowboys
184 ranks
Houston Christian Huskies #261 pass offense
McNeese Cowboys #77 pass defense
McNeese Cowboys
Run-heavy · 59% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 43 rush ypg
Houston Christian Huskies
Balanced · 55% 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
McNeese Cowboys
DL
RJ Staten
11 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#53 DL
WR
Elisha Edwards
16 rec · 240 yds · 3 TD
#32 WR
RB
Omiri Wiggins
217 rush yds · 2 TD · 9 rec
#25 RB
WR
Curtis Deville
12 rec · 213 yds · 3 TD
#54 WR
Houston Christian Huskies
LB
Jayven Anderson
21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 7.0 TFL
#25 LB
P
Julian Maceri
5 punts · 45.2 yd avg
#9 P
DL
Calvin Kalu-Alexander
6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#351 DL
DB
Darius Bean
17 tkl · 1 PD
#341 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
McNeese offense vs Houston Christian defense+4.8 pts
Houston Christian offense vs McNeese defense-8.2 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-0.3 pts
Power projection before adjustment-10.6
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).