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South Carolina State

· 3-0 · power -1.6 · #192
Our numberSCST -2.0 no book has priced this game

Furman

· 2-1 (1-0) · power -0.6 · #188
Our side
MoneylineSCST to win ours 46%
Projected score 29–27 SCST – FUR
2026-09-19 · 7:00 PM Paladin Stadium · Greenville, SC Early season

The books

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Series Furman lead 2–1 · 3 meetings since 2013
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Furman Paladins 86 ranks
South Carolina State Bulldogs #251 rush offense Furman Paladins #165 run defense
Pass game edge South Carolina State Bulldogs 88 ranks
South Carolina State Bulldogs #68 pass offense Furman Paladins #156 pass defense
Run game edge South Carolina State Bulldogs 178 ranks
Furman Paladins #214 rush offense South Carolina State Bulldogs #36 run defense
Pass game edge South Carolina State Bulldogs 92 ranks
Furman Paladins #165 pass offense South Carolina State Bulldogs #73 pass defense
South Carolina State Bulldogs Balanced · 54% run Avg pace Furman Paladins Balanced · 47% run Ball-control

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
South Carolina State Bulldogs
RB Mason Pickett-Hicks 417 rush yds · 3 TD · 6 rec #11 RB
DL Jordan Dollard 11 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 5.5 TFL #50 DL
DL Ka Von Chisolm 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL #101 DL
DL Jayden Fuller 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #120 DL
Furman Paladins
DB Eli Lipscomb 12 tkl #127 DB
DB Caleb Easterling 8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT #144 DB
WR Daniel Haughton 12 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD #140 WR
DL Joshua Stoneking 10 tkl · 2.0 TFL #265 DL

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
TeamPowerOffDefRank
South Carolina State Bulldogs -1.6 +3.7 -5.3 #192
Furman Paladins -0.6 -5.3 +4.7 #188

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
South Carolina State offense vs Furman defense-1.0 pts
Furman offense vs South Carolina State defense+0.0 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-5.7 pts
Power projection before adjustment+3.7

The projection carries an efficiency adjustment — a residual from season-to-date EPA, success rate and explosiveness, which earned its place by walk-forward test (margin error 12.90 → 12.72 across seven held-out seasons).