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Georgia Southern

SBC · 1-1 · power +6.1 · #112
Our side · spreadGASO +3.5 our number JXST -3.3 · 0.2 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected +2.4 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Jacksonville State

CUSA · 1-2 · power +5.2 · #123
Our side
SpreadGASO +3.5 ours JXST -3.3
TotalUnder 53.5 ours 52.4
MoneylineJXST to win ours 52% · book 61%
Distance from the market 0.2 pts / -1.1 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 24–28 GASO – JXST
2026-09-19 · 7:00 PM AmFirst Stadium · Jacksonville, AL Early season

The books 3 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book GASO spreadJXST spread OverUnder GASO winJXST win GASO TT overGASO TT under JXST TT overJXST TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadJacksonville State -3.3
the marketJacksonville State -3.5
Total52.4
the market53.5
Jacksonville State win52% vs 61%

Both percentages are Jacksonville State’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured 1 hr ago total Over 86% bets · 86% money
Series Georgia Southern lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2025
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 5 ranks apart
Georgia Southern Eagles #101 rush offense Jacksonville State Gamecocks #106 run defense
Pass game even 1 ranks apart
Georgia Southern Eagles #110 pass offense Jacksonville State Gamecocks #109 pass defense
Run game edge Jacksonville State Gamecocks 207 ranks
Jacksonville State Gamecocks #48 rush offense Georgia Southern Eagles #255 run defense
Pass game edge Jacksonville State Gamecocks 50 ranks
Jacksonville State Gamecocks #156 pass offense Georgia Southern Eagles #206 pass defense
Georgia Southern Eagles Balanced · 51% run Avg pace Jacksonville State Gamecocks Run-heavy · 68% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 83 rush ypg
Clay Helton · 72-49 · 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
Georgia Southern Eagles
WR Ashton Hollins 13 rec · 203 yds · 2 TD #26 WR
LB Rashon Myles Jr. 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #83 LB
DB Chance Gamble 8 tkl · 2 PD #179 DB
DL Elijah Fears 4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #325 DL
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
Georgia Southern EaglesSBC +6.1 +1.4 +4.7 #112
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
Georgia Southern offense vs Jacksonville State defense-1.6 pts
Jacksonville State offense vs Georgia Southern defense-2.6 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.