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Georgia Southern

SBC · 1-1 · power +6.1 · #112
Our numberGASO -0.2 no book has priced this game

Troy

SBC · 2-0 · power +2.5 · #146
Our side
MoneylineGASO to win ours 46%
Projected score 25–25 GASO – TROY
2026-11-21 · kickoff TBD Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) · Troy, AL SBC game Early season

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Series Troy lead 5–4 · 9 meetings since 2014
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 8 ranks apart
Georgia Southern Eagles #101 rush offense Troy Trojans #109 run defense
Pass game edge Troy Trojans 46 ranks
Georgia Southern Eagles #110 pass offense Troy Trojans #64 pass defense
Run game even 29 ranks apart
Troy Trojans #226 rush offense Georgia Southern Eagles #255 run defense
Pass game even 19 ranks apart
Troy Trojans #187 pass offense Georgia Southern Eagles #206 pass defense
Georgia Southern Eagles Balanced · 51% run Avg pace Troy Trojans Balanced · 54% run Avg pace
Clay Helton · 72-49 · offense-minded Gerad Parker · 12-20 · defense-minded

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 Southern Eagles
WR Ashton Hollins 13 rec · 203 yds · 2 TD #26 WR
LB Rashon Myles Jr. 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #83 LB
DB Chance Gamble 8 tkl · 2 PD #179 DB
DL Elijah Fears 4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #325 DL
Troy Trojans
DL Keno Jones 13 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL #22 DL
DB Donnie Smith 9 tkl · 1 PD #63 DB
WR TK Keyes 7 rec · 167 yds · 2 TD #109 WR
RB Jaheim Merriweather 149 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec #79 RB

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
Georgia Southern EaglesSBC +6.1 +1.4 +4.7 #112
Troy TrojansSBC +2.5 -1.3 +3.8 #146

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

Where the number comes from
Georgia Southern offense vs Troy defense-2.4 pts
Troy offense vs Georgia Southern defense-6.0 pts

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.