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Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern University · 2026 · Sun Belt

Efficiency
-10.8
113th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
13th
proj. of 14
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Georgia Southern is 1-1 and ranked 113th in overall efficiency. Their 83rd-ranked defense carries them, with an 119th-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 72% of offensive plays with an 89th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 28% of plays with a 100th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
0-1
+2 left
Q4
1-0
+7 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.6 wins
Strength of Record
108th
-0.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
93rd
full season
95th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
96th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.9 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs Charleston SouthernOVCW 310+27.2100%-6.3Q4
2@ ClemsonACC#67L 722-12.20%-11.2Q3
3@ Jacksonville StateConference USA#85Preview-9.229%Q3
4vs HoustonBig 12#26Preview-19.712%Q2
5@ Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#112Preview-2.843%Q4
6vs James MadisonSun Belt#75Preview-5.338%Q4
7@ Old DominionSun Belt#106Preview-4.141%Q4
9vs Appalachian StateSun Belt#84Preview-4.140%Q4
10vs MarshallSun Belt#103Preview+1.253%Q4
11@ Georgia StateSun Belt#78Preview-10.627%Q3
12@ TroySun Belt#110Preview-3.342%Q4
13vs Louisiana TechSun Belt#66Preview-7.034%Q4

2 played · 1-1. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Georgia Southern, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

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Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 89th
SR 95thYPP 106thEPA 81st
RushingEff 100th
SR 83rdYPP 100thEPA 101st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 56th
SR 68thYPP 32ndEPA 53rd
Rush defenseEff 69th
SR 67thYPP 83rdEPA 68th
Dropback rate 72%Tempo +0.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 15th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 34%1st · Defense allowed: 25%1st2nd · Offense: 46%2nd · Defense allowed: 28%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 31%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 26%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 28.0Q1 · Allowed: 7.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 10.0Q2 · Allowed: 9.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 7.0Q3 · Allowed: 0.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 0.0Q4 · Allowed: 6.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Georgia Southern Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 119th
-7.7
Field position: -1.9Finishing drives: -5.8
Field position -1.9Finishing drives -5.8= -7.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 125th · Finishing 112th

Defensive EffRanked 83rd
-2.0
Field position: -1.6Finishing drives: -0.4
Field position -1.6Finishing drives -0.4= -2.0
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 122nd · Finishing 75th

1.19 points per drive on offense, 0.76 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 23.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(36)69% / 31%50%6.2
Q2(33)67% / 33%33%5.9
Q3(33)70% / 30%36%4.6
Q4(42)67% / 33%29%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(38)9.932%6.1
2nd(36)8.350%7.3
3rd(22)7.623%2.9
4th(2)4.00%0.0
All (98)36%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(24)9.438%3.9
2nd(10)7.730%6.3
3rd(10)5.850%3.9
4th(2)1.550%9.5
All (46)39%4.7

Georgia Southern, all games.