Our side
MoneylineKENN to win
ours 41%
Projected score
25–26
KENN – SHSU
2026-11-14 · 2:00 PM
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium · Huntsville, TX
CUSA game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Sam Houston lead
3–0
· 3 meetings since 2017
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Kennesaw State Owls
56 ranks
Kennesaw State Owls #151 rush offense
Sam Houston Bearkats #207 run defense
Pass game
edge Kennesaw State Owls
178 ranks
Kennesaw State Owls #62 pass offense
Sam Houston Bearkats #240 pass defense
Run game
edge Sam Houston Bearkats
59 ranks
Sam Houston Bearkats #152 rush offense
Kennesaw State Owls #211 run defense
Pass game
edge Kennesaw State Owls
148 ranks
Sam Houston Bearkats #259 pass offense
Kennesaw State Owls #111 pass defense
Kennesaw State Owls
Run-heavy · 59% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Sam Houston Bearkats
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 39 rush ypg
Jerry Mack · 10-4
Phil Longo · 2-10
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
Kennesaw State Owls
QB
Rickie Collins
416 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT
#50 QB
DL
Ugonna Nwoha
3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#315 DL
DL
Marcus Patterson
9 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#450 DL
RB
Latrelle Murrell
100 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#183 RB
Sam Houston Bearkats
DL
Brody Henderson
11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#94 DL
WR
Chris Reed
7 rec · 145 yds · 2 TD
#94 WR
WR
Grady O'Neill
12 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD
#103 WR
DB
Ishmel Atkins
7 tkl · 4 PD
#254 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
Kennesaw State offense vs Sam Houston defense-0.3 pts
Sam Houston offense vs Kennesaw State defense-5.9 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 680 mi
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.