Our side
MoneylineGT to win
ours 37%
Projected score
28–23
GT – STAN
2026-09-26 · 10:30 PM
Stanford Stadium · Stanford, CA
ACC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Georgia Tech lead
2–0
· 2 meetings since 1991
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
40 ranks apart
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #57 rush offense
Stanford Cardinal #17 run defense
Pass game
edge Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
179 ranks
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #33 pass offense
Stanford Cardinal #212 pass defense
Run game
edge Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
125 ranks
Stanford Cardinal #254 rush offense
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #129 run defense
Pass game
edge Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
58 ranks
Stanford Cardinal #179 pass offense
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #121 pass defense
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Balanced · 56% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 84 rush ypg
Stanford Cardinal
Balanced · 53% run
Ball-control
Brent Key · 27-20 · offense-minded
Frank Reich · 4-8
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
DL
Tawfiq Thomas
14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#13 DL
LB
Kyle Efford
21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#24 LB
DL
Taje McCoy
15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#74 DL
RB
Justice Haynes
145 rush yds · 1 TD · 7 rec
#46 RB
Stanford Cardinal
LB
Matt Rose
21 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#51 LB
TE
Benji Blackburn
12 rec · 101 yds
#27 TE
RB
Micah Ford
126 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec
#61 RB
DB
Charlie Eckhardt
11 tkl · 1 INT
#226 DB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Georgia Tech offense vs Stanford defense+1.0 pts
Stanford offense vs Georgia Tech defense-7.1 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 2,123 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.