Our side
MoneylineJKST to win
ours 81%
Projected score
22–39
SOU – JKST
2026-09-26 · kickoff TBD
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium · Jackson, MS
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Jackson State lead
13–9
· 22 meetings since 1977
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Jackson State Tigers
82 ranks
Southern Jaguars #113 rush offense
Jackson State Tigers #31 run defense
Pass game
edge Jackson State Tigers
178 ranks
Southern Jaguars #219 pass offense
Jackson State Tigers #41 pass defense
Run game
edge Jackson State Tigers
192 ranks
Jackson State Tigers #10 rush offense
Southern Jaguars #202 run defense
Pass game
edge Jackson State Tigers
107 ranks
Jackson State Tigers #75 pass offense
Southern Jaguars #182 pass defense
Southern Jaguars
Run-heavy · 65% run
Ball-control
Jackson State Tigers
Run-heavy · 65% run
Avg pace
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
Southern Jaguars
DB
Tay James
8 tkl · 1 INT
#79 DB
DL
Ckelby Givens
6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#119 DL
RB
Trey Holly
141 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec
#184 RB
DB
Ty Lee
9 tkl · 1 PD
#525 DB
Jackson State Tigers
K
Andrew Ivaniciuc
5 FG · 8 XP · 23 pts
#32 K
RB
Nate Blount IV
168 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#125 RB
WR
Jabari Jones
7 rec · 173 yds · 1 TD
#198 WR
WR
Nate Rembert
7 rec · 188 yds
#325 WR
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
Southern offense vs Jackson State defense-1.6 pts
Jackson State offense vs Southern defense+11.2 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.