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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
CCAR
Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt • Chanticleers
AWAY
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MRSH
Marshall
Sun Belt • Thundering Herd
HOME
🎯Win Probability Forecast
CCAR
47%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
CCAR 29 – MRSH 31
Total: 60 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: CCAR -4 • total 59.0
Bovada • context only, not a pick
MRSH (HOME)
53%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Coastal Carolina holds the ratings edge over Marshall, about 1.1 points on SP+.
✓Home field for Marshall is worth about 2.5 points.
Penalty risk
🚩Sun Belt crews call 8% more penalties than the FBS average (13.8 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
🚩CCAR draws Offensive Holding 2.2 times a game over 5 games. Sun Belt crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 2.5 expected.
🚩CCAR draws False Start 1.8 times a game over 5 games.
🚩MRSH draws False Start 1.6 times a game over 5 games.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatCoastal CarolinaMarshall
SP+ overall rank112115
SP+ offense rank9682
SP+ defense rank119134
Pass rate51%46%
Plays per game69.972.1
Explosive play rate5.6%6.3%
Explosives allowed7.1%8.0%
Sack rate (defense)5.5%5.6%
Offense success rate41.3%43.4%
Offense PPA / play0.140.13
Defense PPA allowed0.120.36
Havoc rate (defense)14.2%11.3%
Coastal Carolina derived scheme
balanced
Marshall derived scheme
balancedup tempo
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
SUN-BELT Sun Belt officials
Sun Belt crews call 9% more penalties than the FBS average (13.85 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
Flags / game
13.85
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+8.7%
Yards / game
120.8
On home team
48%
Home lean
+0.1 pts
Most called
False Start2.82 / game
Offensive Holding2.49 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.27 / game
Defensive Offside1.09 / game
Defensive Holding0.71 / game
Delay of Game0.66 / game
92 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Coastal Carolina
Head coachRyan Beard
Marshall
Head coachTony Gibson
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 7:00 PM ET
Venue
Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Location
Huntington, WV
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published