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Liberty

CUSA · 1-1 · power +2.6 · #144
Our numberDEL -7.2 no book has priced this game

Delaware

CUSA · 1-1 · power +7.6 · #95
Our side
MoneylineDEL to win ours 66%
Projected score 22–30 LIB – DEL
2026-10-02 · 7:00 PM Delaware Stadium · Newark, DE CUSA game Early season

The books

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Series Liberty lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2025
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Liberty Flames 171 ranks
Liberty Flames #55 rush offense Delaware Blue Hens #226 run defense
Pass game even 3 ranks apart
Liberty Flames #171 pass offense Delaware Blue Hens #174 pass defense
Run game even 9 ranks apart
Delaware Blue Hens #201 rush offense Liberty Flames #210 run defense
Pass game even 9 ranks apart
Delaware Blue Hens #122 pass offense Liberty Flames #113 pass defense
Liberty Flames Run-heavy · 66% run Avg pace Delaware Blue Hens Balanced · 44% run Avg pace
Jamey Chadwell · 64-35 Ryan Carty · 7-6 · offense-minded

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
Liberty Flames
WR Makai Jackson 5 rec · 142 yds · 2 TD #139 WR
DB Jiquavious Marshall 7 tkl · 4 PD #222 DB
DL Nathan Pirolli 8 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #305 DL
LB Derrell Farrar 12 tkl · 1.5 TFL #247 LB
Delaware Blue Hens
LB Colin Gallagher 13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #46 LB
WR Da'Wain Lofton 7 rec · 206 yds · 1 TD #85 WR
RB Kaderris Roberts 27 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec #109 RB
LB Gavin Moul 16 tkl · 0.5 TFL #188 LB

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
Liberty FlamesCUSA +2.6 -3.3 +5.9 #144
Delaware Blue HensCUSA +7.6 +6.8 +0.8 #95

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

Where the number comes from
Liberty offense vs Delaware defense-4.1 pts
Delaware offense vs Liberty defense+0.9 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.