Our side
MoneylineSCST to win
ours 19%
Projected score
33–19
SCST – CHSO
2026-10-10 · 6:00 PM
Buccaneer Field · Charleston, SC
Early season
The books
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Series
Charleston Southern lead
1–0
· 1 meeting since 2025
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Charleston Southern Buccaneers
180 ranks
South Carolina State Bulldogs #251 rush offense
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #71 run defense
Pass game
edge South Carolina State Bulldogs
136 ranks
South Carolina State Bulldogs #68 pass offense
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #204 pass defense
Run game
edge South Carolina State Bulldogs
174 ranks
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #210 rush offense
South Carolina State Bulldogs #36 run defense
Pass game
edge South Carolina State Bulldogs
84 ranks
Charleston Southern Buccaneers #157 pass offense
South Carolina State Bulldogs #73 pass defense
South Carolina State Bulldogs
Balanced · 54% run
Avg pace
Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Balanced · 57% 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
Charleston Southern Buccaneers
LB
Tristan Lennon
19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#58 LB
LB
Steve Zayachkowsky
22 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#80 LB
DL
Josiah Wyatt
17 tkl · 1.5 TFL
#212 DL
DL
CJ Landrum
13 tkl · 0.5 TFL
#521 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
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 Charleston Southern defense+0.8 pts
Charleston Southern offense vs South Carolina State defense-9.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-6.4 pts
Power projection before adjustment-7.8
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).