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Georgia Southern's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Fri 8/29	Georgia Southern at Fresno State	+0
Fri 9/5	Georgia Southern at USC	+16.5
Fri 9/12	Georgia Southern vs Jacksonville State	-13
Fri 9/19	Georgia Southern vs Maine	-20
Fri 9/26	Georgia Southern at James Madison	+8
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/8	Georgia Southern vs Southern Miss	-8
Fri 10/17	Georgia Southern vs Georgia State	-15
Fri 10/24	Georgia Southern at Arkansas State	-6
	BYE WEEK
Wed 11/5	Georgia Southern at App State	-7.5
Fri 11/14	Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina	-10.5
Fri 11/21	Georgia Southern vs Old Dominion	-8
Fri 11/28	Georgia Southern at Marshall	-5.5

Record Prediction: 7.8 - 4.2 #37
Schedule Rating: #113
Future 2026 Schedule

Georgia Southern's 2024 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 8/31	Georgia Southern vs Boise State	+13.0	57.5	L 45 - 56	O	Y
Sat 9/7	Georgia Southern at Nevada	+1.5	56.5	W 20 - 17	U	Y
Sat 9/14	Georgia Southern vs South Carolina State	-27.5	52.5	W 42 - 14	O	Y
Sat 9/21	Georgia Southern at Ole Miss	+35.0	68.5	L 13 - 52	U	N
Sat 9/28	Georgia Southern at Georgia State	+3.5	57.5	W 38 - 21	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/12	Georgia Southern vs Marshall	-1.0	58.5	W 24 - 23	U	N
Sat 10/19	Georgia Southern vs James Madison	+9.5	58.5	W 28 - 14	U	Y
Thu 10/24	Georgia Southern at Old Dominion	-1.0	52.0	L 19 - 47	O	N
Sat 11/2	Georgia Southern at South Alabama	+5.5	60.0	W 34 - 30	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/16	Georgia Southern vs Troy	-7.0	54.0	L 20 - 28	U	N
Sat 11/23	Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina	+2.0	59.5	W 26 - 6	U	Y
Sat 11/30	Georgia Southern vs App State	-2.5	60.5	W 29 - 20	U	Y
Thu 12/19	Georgia Southern vs Sam Houston	-3.5	48.0	L 26 - 31	O	N

2024 Schedule Rating: #86
2024 Record: 8 - 5 (SBC: 6 - 2)
Spread Record 8 - 4 - 1 | O/U 6 - 7

Opponents: 0 Elite, 1 Good, 1 Avg, 1 Bad, 9 Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 1 Elite, 1 Good, 1 Avg, 3 Bad, 6 Poor

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Georgia Southern's 2023 Schedule
Sat 9/2	Georgia Southern vs The Citadel	-34.0	53.5	W 34 - 0	U	N
Sat 9/9	Georgia Southern vs UAB	-7.0	63.0	W 49 - 35	O	Y
Sat 9/16	Georgia Southern at Wisconsin	+20.5	65.5	L 14 - 35	U	N
Sat 9/23	Georgia Southern at Ball State	-6.0	60.0	W 40 - 3	U	Y
Sat 9/30	Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina	-6.0	67.5	W 38 - 28	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/14	Georgia Southern at James Madison	+5.5	60.0	L 13 - 41	U	N
Sat 10/21	Georgia Southern vs UL Monroe	-16.5	60.5	W 38 - 28	O	N
Thu 10/26	Georgia Southern vs Georgia State	+1.0	63.0	W 44 - 27	O	Y
Sat 11/4	Georgia Southern at Texas State	-2.0	69.0	L 24 - 45	U	N
Sat 11/11	Georgia Southern at Marshall	-1.5	56.5	L 33 - 38	O	N
Sat 11/18	Georgia Southern vs Old Dominion	-4.5	61.5	L 17 - 20	U	N
Sat 11/25	Georgia Southern at App State	+7.5	62.5	L 27 - 55	O	N
Sat 12/16	Georgia Southern vs Ohio	-1.5	48.5	L 21 - 41	O	N

Georgia Southern's 2022 Schedule
Sat 9/3	Georgia Southern vs Morgan State	-39.5	53.5	W 59 - 7	O	Y
Sat 9/10	Georgia Southern at Nebraska	+23.5	64.0	W 45 - 42	O	Y
Sat 9/17	Georgia Southern at UAB	+11.5	59.0	L 21 - 35	U	N
Sat 9/24	Georgia Southern vs Ball State	-9.5	67.0	W 34 - 23	U	Y
Sat 10/1	Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina	+10.0	69.5	L 30 - 34	U	Y
Sat 10/8	Georgia Southern at Georgia State	+2.5	67.5	L 33 - 41	O	N
Sat 10/15	Georgia Southern vs James Madison	+13.0	68.0	W 45 - 38	O	Y
Sat 10/22	Georgia Southern at Old Dominion	+1.5	66.0	W 28 - 23	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/5	Georgia Southern vs South Alabama	+3.5	60.5	L 31 - 38	O	N
Thu 11/10	Georgia Southern at Louisiana	+3.5	63.0	L 17 - 36	U	N
Sat 11/19	Georgia Southern vs Marshall	+6.0	52.5	L 10 - 23	U	N
Sat 11/26	Georgia Southern vs App State	+6.5	66.0	W 51 - 48	O	Y
Tue 12/27	Georgia Southern vs Buffalo	-6.0	67.0	L 21 - 23	U	N

Georgia Southern's 2021 Schedule
Sat 9/4	Georgia Southern vs Gardner-Webb	-27.5	48.0	W 30 - 25	O	N
Sat 9/11	Georgia Southern at Florida Atlantic	+6.5	48.5	L 6 - 38	U	N
Sat 9/18	Georgia Southern at Arkansas	+23.0	53.5	L 10 - 45	O	N
Sat 9/25	Georgia Southern vs Louisiana	+14.5	54.5	L 20 - 28	U	Y
Sat 10/2	Georgia Southern vs Arkansas State	-1.5	66.5	W 59 - 33	O	Y
Sat 10/9	Georgia Southern at Troy	+5.5	51.0	L 24 - 27	U	Y
Thu 10/14	Georgia Southern at South Alabama	+2.5	49.0	L 14 - 41	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/30	Georgia Southern vs Georgia State	+6.0	55.0	L 14 - 21	U	N
Sat 11/6	Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina	+16.0	56.5	L 8 - 28	U	N
Sat 11/13	Georgia Southern at Texas State	+2.5	52.0	W 38 - 30	O	Y
Sat 11/20	Georgia Southern vs BYU	+20.0	57.0	L 17 - 34	U	Y
Sat 11/27	Georgia Southern at App State	+24.5	55.0	L 3 - 27	U	Y

Georgia Southern's 2020 Schedule
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/12	Georgia Southern vs Campbell	-31.0	58.5	W 27 - 26	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/26	Georgia Southern at Louisiana	+12.0	49.0	L 18 - 20	U	Y
Sat 10/3	Georgia Southern at UL Monroe	-19.5	51.0	W 35 - 30	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/17	Georgia Southern vs Massachusetts	-31.0	62.0	W 41 - 0	U	Y
Sat 10/24	Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina	+1.0	48.0	L 14 - 28	U	N
Thu 10/29	Georgia Southern vs South Alabama	-7.0		W 24 - 17		N
Sat 11/7	Georgia Southern vs Troy	+2.5	51.5	W 20 - 13	U	Y
Sat 11/14	Georgia Southern vs Texas State	-11.0	50.0	W 40 - 38	O	N
Sat 11/21	Georgia Southern at Army	+3.5	38.5	L 27 - 28	O	Y
Sat 11/28	Georgia Southern at Georgia State	+2.5	51.5	L 24 - 30	O	N
Sat 12/5	Georgia Southern vs Florida Atlantic	+2.5	40.5	W 20 - 3	U	Y
Sat 12/12	Georgia Southern vs App State	+9.0	45.0	L 26 - 34	O	Y
Wed 12/23	Georgia Southern vs Louisiana Tech	-7.0	48.0	W 38 - 3	U	Y

2025 class: 165 points #80
2024 class: 157 points #90
2023 class: 132 points #98
2022 class: 116 points #110
2021 class: 142 points #92

Average Class Ranking: #94
Average Recruiting Points: 142

Class Averages
Sun Belt Class: 144 #98
Group of 5 Class: 135 #102
FBS Class: 179 #69

2020 class: 145 points #98
2019 class: 125 points #121
2018 class: 147 points #90
2017 class: 119 points #106
2016 class: 149 points #77

Average Class Ranking: #98
Average Recruiting Points: 137

Offensive Coordinator Ryan Aplin

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
JC French	269	410	66%	2831	17	11	6.9
Dalen Cobb	0	3	0%	0	0	0	0.0

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
OJ Arnold	62	315	3	5.1	32
JC French	118	238	2	2.0	19
David Mbadinga	58	229	3	3.9	29
Josh Dallas	4	37	1	9.3	14

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Josh Dallas	46	614	6	13.3	59
Dalen Cobb	52	599	4	11.5	55
River Helms (Tr)	19	228	2	12.0	33
Marcus Sanders Jr.	9	158	1	17.6	43

(Tr) - new transfer in 2025

Defensive Coordinator Brandon Bailey

Top Def	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Jusfin Meyers	61	3	1	1	1
Brendan Harrington (Tr)	55	1	0	1	1
Chance Gamble	48	2	0	0	7
Davon Hicks	43	1	1	0	0

Sacks	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Davion Rhodes	22	6	3	1	0
Isaac Walker	23	4	2	3	3
Jusfin Meyers	61	3	1	1	1
Jacob Ferguson	19	4	1	2	0

Pass D	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Chance Gamble	48	2	0	0	7
Tracy Hill Jr.	36	0	0	1	3
Isaac Walker	23	4	2	3	3

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: 61% #41
Offense Returning Production: 66% #36
Defense Returning Production: 56% #59

Transfer Portal
2025 Portal Class #113
13 Commits, 83.3 Avg Rating
19% of 2025 Roster from Portal, 13% TY

Team Talent
2025 Talent Rating: 586.00 #86
Offense Talent #118 | Defense Talent #82
2024 #98 | 2023 #96 | 2022 #109 | 2021 #109

2025 - 2022 Records
2025 Record: 0 - 0
2025 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 0 - 0 - 0 | Totals: 0 - 0

2024 Record: 8 - 5
2024 Conf Record: 6 - 2
Spread: 8 - 4 - 1 | Totals: 6 - 7

2023 Record: 6 - 7
2023 Conf Record: 3 - 5
Spread: 4 - 8 - 1 | Totals: 6 - 7

2022 Record: 6 - 7
2022 Conf Record: 3 - 5
Spread: 7 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 7

Four Year Record: 20 - 19
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 19 - 18 - 2
Four Year Conference Record: 12 - 12

2021 - 2018 Records
2021 Record: 3 - 9
2021 Conf Record: 2 - 6
Spread: 6 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 5 - 7

2020 Record: 8 - 5
2020 Conf Record: 4 - 4
Spread: 7 - 5 - 1 | Totals: 5 - 8

2019 Record: 7 - 6
2019 Conf Record: 5 - 3
Spread: 5 - 8 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 5

2018 Record: 10 - 3
2018 Conf Record: 6 - 2
Spread: 9 - 4 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 7

Eight Year Record: 48 - 42
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 46 - 41 - 3
Eight Year Conference Record: 32 - 27

Georgia Southern Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2024	Orleans Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Sam Houston	-3.5	48.0	L 26 - 31
2023	Beach Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Ohio	-1.5	48.5	L 21 - 41
2022	Camellia Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Buffalo	-6.0	67.0	L 21 - 23
2020	Orleans Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Louisiana Tech	-7.0	48.0	W 38 - 3
2019	Cure Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Liberty	-5.0	59.0	L 16 - 23
2018	Camellia Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Eastern Michigan	-3.0	45.5	W 23 - 21
2015	Godaddy Bowl	Georgia Southern vs Bowling Green	+7.5		W 58 - 27

Power Ranking Stats (2024)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.19 (68)	43% (65)	4.57 (17)	27.7 (101)	45%	75%	.23 (105)	45% (108)	3.81 (71)	33 (127)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2023	.21 (55)	45% (32)	3.64 (88)	30.8 (31)	46%	59%	.27 (118)	45% (107)	4.45 (123)	29.1 (70)

More Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	13	30:09 (29)	21.8 (27)	45%	75%	5.6 (70)	48.3 (70)	1.7 (110)	1.5	4.6 (87)	1.6 (83)	1

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2023	13	31:06 (33)	23.1 (15)	46%	59%	5.8 (77)	51.8 (79)	2.4 (132)	1.6	7 (13)	1.8 (79)	4

Overall Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	13	28	31.3	25	42.9% (65)	4.57 (17)	1.7	22	366	128	238	3.8	46% (95)	53% (39)	46% (44)	40% (85)	17% (87)	.19 (68)
2024 Defense	13	27.6	25.8	28.8	45.5% (108)	3.81 (71)	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	47% (27)	53% (108)	47% (109)	44% (102)	14% (110)	.23 (105)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2023 Offense	13	30.2	36.7	25.2	45.3% (32)	3.64 (88)	2.4	23	419	117	302	4	35% (130)	64% (4)	48% (21)	45% (40)	17% (91)	.21 (55)
2023 Defense	13	30.5	23	36.2	44.9% (107)	4.45 (123)	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	49% (55)	50% (81)	45% (94)	45% (115)	22% (4)	.27 (118)

Run Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	13	46% (95)	46% (44)	33.8	128.2	3.8	24 (45)	.15 (57)	2.84 (101)	78% (36)	11% (94)	0.99 (57)
2024 Defense	13	47% (27)	47% (109)	-	-	-	-	.18 (99)	3.1 (87)	72% (60)	8% (106)	1 (79)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2023 Offense	13	35% (130)	48% (21)	29	117.1	4	16 (89)	.23 (25)	3.13 (64)	78% (35)	10% (63)	1.05 (41)
2023 Defense	13	49% (55)	45% (94)	-	-	-	-	.25 (122)	3.16 (85)	72% (59)	14% (7)	1.13 (116)

Pass Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	13	53% (39)	40% (85)	22.2	34.2	237.8	7	10.7	21 (51)	11 (72)	.23 (86)	1.5 (84)	31% (60)	33% (48)	.39 (43)	6% (65)	2 (90)
2024 Defense	13	53% (108)	44% (102)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13 (31)	.28 (97)	1.5 (52)	31% (89)	32% (94)	.35 (89)	5% (100)	2 (54)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2023 Offense	13	64% (4)	45% (40)	28.9	44.4	302.2	6.8	10.5	26 (31)	20 (133)	.26 (74)	1.4 (131)	30% (41)	34% (35)	.41 (42)	8% (114)	2.1 (62)
2023 Defense	13	50% (81)	45% (115)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13 (26)	.3 (89)	1.5 (32)	31% (96)	35% (120)	.49 (127)	9% (5)	2.1 (81)

Team Notes (4/7) WR Brown (Aub) impressive. QB as good depth ❌
(3/24) QB French back. Helton (WKU) added ❌
(3/24) RB Arnold, Mbadinga exp'd. Gibbs big croot ❌
(3/24) WR Cobb/Dallas back (2/3 LY). Have depth ❌
(3/24) OL 4/5 back, T Williams also exp'd. Looks good ❌
(3/24) Def not good LY, 6 portal adds. Could improve? ❌

Injury Notes

Staff/Schedule Notes (3/24) Helton has bowled every year. Good job ❌

Power Ratings Overall: -3.18 #76
Offense: 15.20 #60
Defense: 18.38 #92
SP+ Overall: -4.3 #80
SP+ Offense: 26.9 #69
SP+ Defense: 31.1 #90

Returning Prod HC Helton, OC Aplin & QB all back
'24 QB JC French returns
Returning Production: 61% #41
Offense: 66% #36 | Defense: 56% #59
OL Prod: 68% #40, 4 clear starters
OL Snaps: 2928 #66 | From Portal: 0 #98
Rush Prod: 52% #65 | Rec Prod: 60% #45
Def Front Seven: 55% - Secondary: 62%

Roster Team Talent #86 Blue Chips: 2% #73
Offense Talent #118 Defense Talent #82
Crootin Class #80 - 4 YR Rank #94
Portal Class #113 - 13 players, 83 Avg
19% of Roster from Portal, 13% TY
27 New Players, 30% of '25 Roster #21

2025 Schedule Record Prediction: 7.8 - 4.2 #37
Schedule Rating: -103 #113
View Schedule & Predicted Results
Opps: Elite: 0, Good: 1, Avg: 1, Bad: 1, Poor: 9

Scoring Scoring: 28 - 27.6 (30 - 31) in '24
Scoring at Home: 31 - 26 | Road: 25 - 29
OC: Ryan Aplin - in his second season
DC: Brandon Bailey - been DC for 3 years

Records 2024 Record: 8 - 5 (8 - 4 - 1) (SBC: 6 - 2)
2023 Record: 6 - 7 (4 - 8 - 1) (SBC: 3 - 5)
2022 Record: 6 - 7 (7 - 6 - 0) (SBC: 3 - 5)
4 Yr Record: (20 - 19) | 8 Yr Record: (48 - 42)

'24 OffenseBalanced offense, Pass: 53%, Run: 46%
Avg Offense Success Rate of 43%
Avg Offensive Explosiveness
Great in Scoring Position 4.57 PPO
Good Run Success 46%
Bad Pass Success 40%
Poor Offensive Turnovers
Avg OL Grades, Poor OL Yds Per Rush
Avg 1st/2nd Down Success 69%
Avg when off Schedule 33%

'24 DefenseAvg DL Grades, Poor Sacks/Turnovers
Poor Defense Success Rate of 45%
Bad in Scoring Position 3.81 PPO
Poor Run Def Success 47%
Poor Pass Def Success 44%
Poor Pressure/Havoc/Forcing TOs
Avg at Forcing Turnovers
Bad Penalty Team, Avg Field Position
Poor 1st/2nd Down Success 69%
Poor when Opp is off Schedule 32%

Team NotesWR Brown (Aub) impressive. QB as good depth
QB French back. Helton (WKU) added
RB Arnold, Mbadinga exp'd. Gibbs big croot
WR Cobb/Dallas back (2/3 LY). Have depth
OL 4/5 back, T Williams also exp'd. Looks good
Def not good LY, 6 portal adds. Could improve?
Helton has bowled every year. Good job