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Missouri State

CUSA · 1-1 · power +6.7 · #106
Our numberJXST -2.1 no book has priced this game

Jacksonville State

CUSA · 1-2 · power +5.2 · #123
Our side
MoneylineJXST to win ours 51%
Projected score 25–27 MOST – JXST
2026-11-21 · 2:00 PM AmFirst Stadium · Jacksonville, AL CUSA game Early season

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First recorded meeting between these programs
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Jacksonville State Gamecocks 81 ranks
Missouri State Bears #187 rush offense Jacksonville State Gamecocks #106 run defense
Pass game even 19 ranks apart
Missouri State Bears #90 pass offense Jacksonville State Gamecocks #109 pass defense
Run game edge Jacksonville State Gamecocks 144 ranks
Jacksonville State Gamecocks #48 rush offense Missouri State Bears #192 run defense
Pass game even 44 ranks apart
Jacksonville State Gamecocks #156 pass offense Missouri State Bears #200 pass defense
Missouri State Bears Balanced · 49% run Avg pace Jacksonville State Gamecocks Run-heavy · 68% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 83 rush ypg
Ryan Beard · 7-5 · offense-minded Charles Kelly · 9-5

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
Missouri State Bears
LB Jared Lloyd 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #39 LB
DB Joel Boamah 8 tkl · 3 PD #197 DB
WR Isaiah Myers 5 rec · 155 yds · 1 TD #141 WR
DB Anthony Mattison 6 tkl · 1 PD #367 DB
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
DB Caleb Nix 18 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #18 DB
DL Tae Floyd 12 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL #41 DL
WR Jamill Williams 14 rec · 188 yds · 4 TD #33 WR
QB Caden Creel 677 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT #18 QB

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
Missouri State BearsCUSA +6.7 +3.9 +2.7 #106
Jacksonville State GamecocksCUSA +5.2 +2.1 +3.1 #123

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

Where the number comes from
Missouri State offense vs Jacksonville State defense+0.9 pts
Jacksonville State offense vs Missouri State defense-0.6 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 482 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.