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THIS WEEK
MEM @ UNLV74
NMSU @ FSU61
UNC @ TCU59
SJSU @ USC59
NCSU @ UVA59
HAW @ STAN57
JXST @ NDSU0
SAC @ EMU0
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
MONTANA STATE
UTAH TECH
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2026
SAT 22:00 ET|GREATER ZION STADIUMCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP|O/U57.5COLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
—AP
—FPI
MTSTBSKYMONTANA STATE
54
3-0
0
0
0
0%
0
—
45.0
—
-32.5
HOME
—AP
—FPI
UTUBSKYUTAH TECH
0
0-3
0
0
0
0%
0
—
12.5
—
+32.5
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2026CONSENSUS · DRAFTKINGS
FINALMTST54—UTU0
CLOSED MTST -32.5TOTAL 57.5MTST COVERED · 54 POINTS · UNDER
MTST
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
UTU
54
POINTS
0
447
TOTAL YARDS
227
307 (27-36)
PASSING
169 (19-33)
140 (35)
RUSHING
58 (26)
24
FIRST DOWNS
12
9-14
THIRD DOWN
4-13
1-2
FOURTH DOWN
0-3
35:20
TIME OF POSS.
24:40
2-15
PENALTIES
2-20
0
TURNOVERS
2
2
SACKS
2
2
QB HURRIES
1
MTST
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
UTU
0.372
SEASON 0.382
EPA / PLAY
-0.229
SEASON 0.012
56.3%
SEASON 55.0%
SUCCESS RATE
26.5%
SEASON 37.3%
11.3%
SEASON 16.4%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
4.1%
SEASON 8.9%
6.30
SEASON 6.81
YARDS / PLAY
3.20
SEASON 4.44
-0.229
SEASON -0.073
EPA ALLOWED
0.372
SEASON 0.421
26.5%
SEASON 34.7%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
56.3%
SEASON 55.6%
4.1%
SEASON 11.0%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
11.3%
SEASON 17.9%
25.0%
SEASON 21.5%
STUFF RATE
6.1%
SEASON 9.3%
OFFICIAL FIGURES ARE THE BOX SCORE AS SCORED. DERIVED FIGURES COME FROM PLAY BY PLAY WITH GARBAGE TIME REMOVED, SO THEY COUNT A DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYS AND WILL NOT TIE OUT AGAINST THE OFFICIAL COLUMN. A BRIGHTENED SIDE LEADS THAT ROW BY THE DIRECTION IN ITS TOOLTIP; TIME OF POSSESSION IS UNMARKED BECAUSE IT IS A TENDENCY, NOT A VIRTUE. SEASON AVERAGES ARE REGULAR SEASON ONLY. MARKET FIGURES ARE BOOK CONSENSUS, NEVER MODEL OUTPUT.
DATA BASISNOTHING ON THIS TAB IS MEASURED YET · 2026 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
MEASURED0 OF 12 GAMES
Real 2026 data. It accumulates weekly and replaces carried figures metric by metric, on the schedules below.
CARRIED14 ROOMS
What each roster did last season, applied player by player. Transfers name the school.
PROGRAM PRIOR2 STAFFS
The programme's own prior identity — or, where the staff is new, the coach's career fingerprint with its sample.
PRESEASON FACT2 PER TEAM
Talent, recruiting, vacated usage, portal and coach status. Preseason inputs.
ABSENT2 CLASSES
Current season luck and situational splits. Shown absent with the reason, never estimated.
FLIPS TO MEASUREDABSENTNOT MEASURED. This asks how many weeks into a season each number becomes trustworthy, which is a within-season question. The back-test measures relationships between one season and the next, so it cannot answer it.
MARKET LINE VS TEAM PROFILEGAME LEVEL · WEEK 1 FIELD n=8
MARKET
TOTAL57.5
SPREADMTST -32.5
IMPLIED — MTST45.0
IMPLIED — UTU12.5
PACE COLLISION
UNMEASURED × UNMEASURED
MTST PACE28.6s
—
UTU PACE30.3s
—
SHARED PACE29.5s
—
PLAY VOLUME122
—
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
IS THE RECORD REAL2026 · FULL SEASON
No 2026 record, and no earlier season to carry forward for these teams.
TEAM LEDGERMONTANA STATEUTAH TECH2026 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
VACATED USAGE — AND DID THE ROSTER REFILL ITOPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
VACATED USAGE BY ROOMLEFT OPEN, LARGEST FIRST
QB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
RB0%Julius DavisRB · SHARE NOT MEASURED
WR/TE0%Chris LongWR · SHARE NOT MEASUREDROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
OL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DL0%Alec EckertDT · SHARE NOT MEASURED
LB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
DB0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
SHARE OF LAST SEASON'S ROOM PARTICIPATION THAT DEPARTED, LARGEST FIRST · OPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
PORTAL & CLASS INTAKE — WHO CAME INHEADCOUNT, NOT A PROJECTION
QBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
RBKenneth Johnson · SIGNEEINTACT
WR/TEKaden Cole · SIGNEE ★3Greyson Stevens · SIGNEE ★3INTACT
OLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DLJohn Hurst · SIGNEE ★3Gavin Walden · SIGNEE ★3Adam Guajardo · SIGNEEINTACT
LBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
DBNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
PORTAL AND SIGNING-CLASS ARRIVALS AT EACH ROOM THAT LOST VOLUME · A HEADCOUNT, NEVER A USAGE PROJECTION
CARRIED GRADES & TEAM FACTS — THIS ROSTER, TODAYCARRIED FROM 2025, RE-HOMED PLAYER BY PLAYER · MONTANA STATE
CARRIED COMPOSITE
0.00 PCTL
CARRIED OFFENSE
0.00 PCTL
CARRIED DEFENSE
0.00 PCTL
ROOM
GRADE
FBS PCTL
OPP-ADJ
TAL
RET
N
OBS
QB———1001CARRIED FROM 2025 · NOTHING GRADED YET
RB———00NO GRADING EVIDENCE
WR/TE———00NO GRADING EVIDENCE
OL————0NO GRADING EVIDENCE
DL———00NO GRADING EVIDENCE
LB————0NO GRADING EVIDENCE
DB————1CARRIED FROM 2025 · NOTHING GRADED YET
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
RECRUITING CLASS#134 · 0/18 BC0
CLASS RANK TREND+6 · 3 CYCLES62
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
UTU—FIRST SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
A new staff, so the coach's own career fingerprint stands in for the programme's prior season.
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A NEW STAFF
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|8.61%n=240
|Δ HAVOC|2.50%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE|5.18%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|5.24%n=87
|Δ PACE|1.63sn=240
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
MTST—FIRST SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
A new staff, so the coach's own career fingerprint stands in for the programme's prior season.
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A NEW STAFF
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|8.61%n=240
|Δ HAVOC|2.50%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE|5.18%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|5.24%n=87
|Δ PACE|1.63sn=240
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
POSITION GROUPS — WHERE THE VOLUME LIVESMTST OFFENSEUTU OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBMONTANA STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
100
NATIONAL
—
RET
—
FULL DEFENSEUTAH TECH DEFENSE
MTST QUARTERBACKSn=10% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
JUSTIN LAMSONQBRET
453RD YR——★3-42 2024
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
UTU DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 4 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
——0%
SECONDARYDB
——0%
THE QUARTERBACK PLAYS THE WHOLE SIDE — SHOWN AS ITS THREE ROOM GRADES, NOT MAN FOR MAN · PER PLAYER DETAIL LIVES IN THE OTHER DRAWERS
▾OLMONTANA STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
—
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7UTAH TECH DEFENSE
MTST OFFENSIVE LINEn=0RETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
FIVE-MAN LINE BY GRADE
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
UTU FRONT-7n=2 · 2 ROOMSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
AIDEN MCCOMBERDLTRUE FR
502ND YR——★3—
HELAMAN OFAHENGAUELBTRUE FR
323RD YR——★2—
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
▾RBMONTANA STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
0
DL
—
DL RET
—
LB
—
LB RET
—
FRONT-7UTAH TECH DEFENSE
MTST RUNNING BACKSn=0100% VACATED
BACKFIELD BY GRADE
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
UTU FRONT-72 ROOMS · 2 PLAYERSRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.55——0%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.45——0%
EACH ROOM ON ITS OWN GRADE, NOT LISTED MAN FOR MAN · THE WEIGHTS DEFINE WHO PLAYS WHOM
▾WR/TEMONTANA STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
—
TAL
—
PERF
—
RET
0
DB
—
DB RET
—
SECONDARYUTAH TECH DEFENSE
MTST PASS CATCHERSn=0100% VACATED
PASS CATCHERS BY GRADE
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
UTU SECONDARYn=2 · 1 ROOMRETURNING SHARE NOT MEASURED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
RJ JONES IIDBRET
342ND YR——UNR—
DEVIN COSTELLODBTRUE FR
301ST YR——UNR—
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
RETURNINGPORTAL — PRIOR SCHOOL AND PORTAL STARS NAMEDLAST YR ≈ — RATES FROM HIS LAST MEASURED SEASON, NOT THE PROJECTED ROLEDEPARTEDVS COH = PRODUCTION vs OWN RECRUITING COHORT MEDIAN · CURVE = AHEAD / ON / BEHIND AT ±8 · PT% IS HIS SHARE OF HIS OWN ROOM · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
EVERY PERCENTILE READS HIGH-IS-GOOD · CELL SHADE = FBS PERCENTILE OF THE VALUE · DOTS PLOT BOTH TEAMS ON ONE 0–100 TRACK (GOLD = MTST, ORANGE = UTU) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2026, GARBAGE-TIME FILTERED
≈ MARKS AN ESTIMATED VALUE · A CARRIED FIGURE IS WHAT A PLAYER DID LAST SEASON · PORTAL MARKS PARTICIPATION EARNED AT THE NAMED SCHOOL
VACATED VOLUME IS STATED AS OPEN AND NEVER ASSIGNED TO A SUCCESSOR · SPREAD, TOTAL, ML AND IMPLIED TOTALS ARE CONSENSUS MARKET FIGURES · NO PROJECTIONS ON THIS PAGE