This week's picks

Big Al's CFB Lab

Data updated
Sun Belt

Georgia State

4–3 (1–2 Sun Belt). 2026 season, games through Oct 24, 2026.

SP+ rating-7.6103rd of 138
SP+ offense26.671st of 138
SP+ defense34.0123rd of 138
PRIME-1.476th of 138
Elo136695th of 138
Week 9

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State

Sat, Oct 31, 2:00 PM ET. SP+ projection: Georgia State 36, Coastal Carolina 32. Big Al's pick: Georgia State (70%).

Full head to head

Offense

StatValueRank
Points per game35.926th
Yards per play6.4546th
Success rate44.1%65th
Explosive play rate14.1%32nd
Yards per carry5.8627th
Yards per pass attempt7.2786th
Sack rate allowed2.9%15th
3rd down conversion40.8%68th

Defense

StatValueRank
Points allowed26.091st
Yards per play allowed6.46107th
Success rate allowed41.9%67th
Explosive plays allowed16.3%135th
Yards per carry allowed5.52109th
Yards per attempt allowed8.30102nd
Sack rate10.3%8th
3rd downs allowed33.3%31st

Players

Cameran Brown (QB), DJ Riles (WR), Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson (DE), Lanear McCrary Jr. (RB), Qwantavius Wiggins (RB), Rodshaun Dorsey (WR), Xavier Esquillen (LB).

Results

WeekOpponentResult
1vs. North Carolina A&TW 59–10
2at Kennesaw StateW 31–17
3at UCFL 30–44
4vs. Northern IllinoisW 35–14
5vs. Old DominionW 42–10
7at James MadisonL 22–49
8at Arkansas StateL 32–38

Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams. Stats from play-by-play; scoring counts FBS opponents only. Compare Georgia State with any team.

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How we picked it

Three ratings look at a team in three different ways. Big Al's pick is the team at least two of them favor.

Where the game is won

Each row puts one team's unit against the unit it faces, by national rank out of all FBS teams. An edge is a gap of 25 spots or more.

What these mean

  • SP+ Bill Connelly's opponent-adjusted efficiency rating. Points better than an average FBS team on a neutral field.
  • PRIME A second opponent-adjusted rating, built from possession efficiency, on the same points scale. SOS is schedule difficulty; SOR is wins above what an average team would get against that schedule.
  • Elo A results-only rating that moves after each game based on the score and the opponent. 1500 is average.
  • Success rate Share of plays that stay on schedule: 50% of the yards needed on 1st down, 70% on 2nd, all of it on 3rd and 4th.
  • Explosive rate Share of plays that are runs of 12+ yards or completions of 16+ yards.
  • Defense rows What opponents did against the team. Lower is better except sack rate and interception rate.
  • Projection Rating gap, plus 2.5 points for the home team, and games usually land within about 14 points of it. A coin flip is 50%.

Ratings: SP+ via CFB Update; PRIME via primecfb.com. Box and play stats computed from CollegeFootballData.com play data (via the public cfbfastR files), FBS games only for scoring. Rushing yards here exclude sacks, so they run higher than official totals. Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams.

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