LORMAN, Miss. (Interstat) — Florida A&M will visit Alcorn State on Saturday for an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Spinks-Casem Stadium. The Rattlers enter at 2-7, while the Braves are 5-4. The forecast for game time calls for about 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

Florida A&M is coming off a 42-14 loss to Southern in its most recent game. Quarterback Armond Parker is the player to watch for the Rattlers. In that loss, Parker completed 18 of 31 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns and ran 11 times for 27 yards. His recent stretch includes 23-of-37 passing for 319 yards and two touchdowns with 12 rushes for 57 yards and a score against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and 11-of-27 passing for 163 yards and a touchdown with 10 rushes for 21 yards against Jackson State. Daylyn Diston and Adeon Farmer each made three tackles in the Southern game.

Alcorn State most recently beat Mississippi Valley State 52-17. Quarterback Jaylon Tolbert guides the Braves and is coming off a 23-of-29 passing performance for 320 yards and three touchdowns, with four rushes for 9 yards and another score. Earlier, he passed for 356 yards and five touchdowns, ran for 32 yards and punted once for 28 yards against Prairie View. Tayvion Haney and Jaeden Spelmon each recorded two tackles in the Mississippi Valley State win. Tolbert passed for more than 300 yards in both of his most recent games.

Florida A&M’s other results this season include a 31-28 home loss to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a 27-17 loss at Jackson State, a 28-27 win at Alabama State, a 40-21 home loss to Alabama A&M, a 29-26 home loss to Tennessee State, a 77-7 loss at Miami, a 31-13 home loss to South Carolina State and a 20-7 home win over Albany State. Alcorn State has beaten Arkansas Baptist 63-7, Texas Southern 43-40, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 53-51 in overtime and Miles College 56-7. The Braves also dropped games to Prairie View 41-38, Grambling 63-59, North Alabama 38-20 and Southern Mississippi 49-3. Alcorn State is 4-0 at home this season, and Florida A&M is 1-2 on the road.

Both teams continue conference play after Saturday. Florida A&M is scheduled to host Mississippi Valley State before visiting Bethune-Cookman. Alcorn State is set to visit Southern before hosting Jackson State.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Alcorn State 64, Florida A&M 31. Interstat’s ELO system gives Alcorn State an 87.4 percent probability to win.