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Georgia State

SBC · 2-0 · power +2.0 · #152
Our side · spreadGAST +8.5 logged our number at the pick KENN -6.6 · now KENN -0.1 · 7.4 pts from the market now

Kennesaw State

CUSA · 1-1 · power +0.2 · #170
Final GAST 31 · KENN 17 ML L Spread W Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadGAST +8.5 logged live now: GAST +7.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours KENN -0.1

The line has not moved a point since it opened (KENN -9.25 → -8.5), so our number decides: KENN by 6.6 against KENN -8.5 means GAST covers.

TotalOver 54.5 logged live now: Over 55.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 56.3

The market's move decides. The total opened 50.5 and is now 54.5, toward the over; that side has covered 55.1% at the opener since 2021. Ours at the pick: 52.9 — the other side, overruled.

MoneylineKENN to win logged ours 50% · book 73%

Our number: KENN by 6.6 — KENN to win.

GAST team totalGAST over 21.5 logged live now: GAST over 23.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 28.1

Follows the spread and total picks: if KENN by 6.6 and the game goes over 54.5, GAST scores at least 24.0.

no pick

No KENN team-total pick: the spread and total picks put KENN over 30.5, which does not decide 32.5.

Distance from the market 7.4 pts / +0.8 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 28–28 GAST – KENN
2026-09-12 · 7:00 PM Walens Family Field at Fifth Third Stadium · Kennesaw, GA Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book GAST spreadKENN spread OverUnder GAST winKENN win GAST TT overGAST TT under KENN TT overKENN TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
ESPN Bet
Caesars

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadKennesaw State -0.1
the marketKennesaw State -7.5
Total56.3
the market55.5
Kennesaw State win50% vs 73%

Both percentages are Kennesaw State’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread KENN 55% bets · 22% money · money GAST total Under 85% bets · 84% money ML KENN 99% bets · 62% money
Series Georgia State lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2018
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Georgia State Panthers 53 ranks
Georgia State Panthers #158 rush offense Kennesaw State Owls #211 run defense
Pass game even 27 ranks apart
Georgia State Panthers #138 pass offense Kennesaw State Owls #111 pass defense
Run game edge Kennesaw State Owls 86 ranks
Kennesaw State Owls #151 rush offense Georgia State Panthers #237 run defense
Pass game edge Kennesaw State Owls 177 ranks
Kennesaw State Owls #62 pass offense Georgia State Panthers #239 pass defense
Georgia State Panthers Balanced · 50% run Avg pace Kennesaw State Owls Run-heavy · 59% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Dell McGee · 4-20 · offense-minded Jerry Mack · 10-4

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 State Panthers
QB Cameran Brown 443 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT #48 QB
RB Dennis Murray Jr. 75 rush yds · 2 TD · 3 rec #101 RB
LB Xavier Esqillion 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL #156 LB
DL Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson 6 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #281 DL
Kennesaw State Owls
QB Rickie Collins 416 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT #50 QB
DL Ugonna Nwoha 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #315 DL
DL Marcus Patterson 9 tkl · 1.5 TFL #450 DL
RB Latrelle Murrell 100 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec #183 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 State PanthersSBC +2.0 +2.8 -0.7 #152
Kennesaw State OwlsCUSA +0.2 -1.4 +1.7 #170

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

Where the number comes from
Georgia State offense vs Kennesaw State defense+1.1 pts
Kennesaw State offense vs Georgia State defense-0.7 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.