Our side
MoneylineFIU to win
ours 48%
Projected score
25–24
FIU – LIB
2026-10-31 · 3:30 PM
Williams Stadium (VA) · Lynchburg, VA
CUSA game
Early season
The books
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Series
Liberty lead
3–1
· 4 meetings since 2020
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Florida International Panthers
141 ranks
Florida International Panthers #69 rush offense
Liberty Flames #210 run defense
Pass game
edge Liberty Flames
49 ranks
Florida International Panthers #162 pass offense
Liberty Flames #113 pass defense
Run game
edge Liberty Flames
84 ranks
Liberty Flames #55 rush offense
Florida International Panthers #139 run defense
Pass game
even
0 ranks apart
Liberty Flames #171 pass offense
Florida International Panthers #171 pass defense
Florida International Panthers
Balanced · 56% run
Ball-control
Liberty Flames
Run-heavy · 66% run
Avg pace
Willie Simmons · 7-6
Jamey Chadwell · 64-35
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
Florida International Panthers
DL
Elisha Baldridge
11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#26 DL
WR
Maguire Anderson
13 rec · 186 yds · 2 TD
#34 WR
DL
DeeJay Holmes Jr.
7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#81 DL
WR
Jojo Stone
9 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD
#146 WR
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
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
Florida International offense vs Liberty defense-6.1 pts
Liberty offense vs Florida International defense-8.8 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 805 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.