Our side
MoneylineJMU to win
ours 77%
Projected score
20–34
CCU – JMU
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
Bridgeforth Stadium · Harrisonburg, VA
SBC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
James Madison lead
5–1
· 6 meetings since 2005
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge James Madison Dukes
208 ranks
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #229 rush offense
James Madison Dukes #21 run defense
Pass game
edge James Madison Dukes
196 ranks
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #221 pass offense
James Madison Dukes #25 pass defense
Run game
edge James Madison Dukes
173 ranks
James Madison Dukes #36 rush offense
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #209 run defense
Pass game
edge James Madison Dukes
110 ranks
James Madison Dukes #85 pass offense
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers #195 pass defense
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
James Madison Dukes
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 42 rush ypg
Tim Beck · 20-18
Bob Chesney · 21-6
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
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
WR
Clayton Coppock Jr.
6 rec · 109 yds · 3 TD
#97 WR
WR
Colton Hinton
6 rec · 154 yds · 2 TD
#123 WR
DL
Ibrahim Diawara
8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#241 DL
QB
Deuce Bailey
576 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#58 QB
James Madison Dukes
K
Morgan Suarez
3 FG · 14 XP · 23 pts
#20 K
RB
George Pettaway
99 rush yds · 4 TD
#76 RB
DB
Ken Willis
14 tkl
#273 DB
RB
Nick Herman
135 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#160 RB
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
Coastal Carolina offense vs James Madison defense-0.1 pts
James Madison offense vs Coastal Carolina defense+10.1 pts
Altitude · context only384 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
Rest · context onlyHome team on 7 more days rest
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.