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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
JMU
James Madison
Sun Belt • Dukes
AWAY
@
GASO
Georgia Southern
Sun Belt • Eagles
HOME
🎯Win Probability Forecast
JMU
83%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
JMU 34 – GASO 18
Total: 52 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: GASO -7.5 • total 51.5
DraftKings • context only, not a pick
GASO (HOME)
17%
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
✓James Madison holds the ratings edge over Georgia Southern, about 18.5 points on SP+.
✓Home field for Georgia Southern 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.
🚩JMU draws Offensive Holding 1.4 times a game over 5 games. Sun Belt crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.6 expected.
🚩GASO draws Offensive Holding 1.2 times a game over 5 games. Sun Belt crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.4 expected.
🚩GASO draws Defensive Pass Interference 1.4 times a game over 5 games.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatJames MadisonGeorgia Southern
SP+ overall rank36103
SP+ offense rank4895
SP+ defense rank27104
Pass rate43%55%
Plays per game71.971.2
Explosive play rate7.8%6.1%
Explosives allowed5.2%6.7%
Sack rate (defense)7.3%3.9%
Offense success rate49.0%42.2%
Offense PPA / play0.330.13
Defense PPA allowed-0.100.08
Havoc rate (defense)16.8%18.0%
James Madison derived scheme
limits explosivesrun heavy
Georgia Southern derived scheme
early down aggressivepass heavy
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
James Madison
Head coachBilly Napier
Georgia Southern
Head coachClay Helton
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 7:30 PM ET
Venue
Allen E. Paulson Stadium
Location
Statesboro, GA
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published