Line has moved +3.0 since we first saw it (CCU -1.5 to GASO -1.5).
Betting
Spread
GASO favouredMarket GASO −1.5Ours GASO −4.1
CCU favouredgap 2.6 toward GASO
Grey dot: the market · gold: our card line · small dot: FEI (bcftoys.com). A gap is a reason to look, not to bet.
Vegas
| Team | Spread | Points | Moneyline | Win% | Kalshi |
|---|
| GASO away | -1.5 | 27.5 | -125 | 53.3% | 54% |
| CCU home | +1.5 | 26.0 | +105 | 46.8% | 46% |
| Total | 53.5 | |
CCU -1.5 when first seen, now GASO -1.5 · total 52.5 then, 53.5 now. Over -115 / under -105 · DraftKings, 2026-10-02 06:00 UTC.
Our model — cards
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| GASO away | -4.0 | 28.8 | 61.0% | -2.5 |
| CCU home | +4.0 | 24.7 | 39.0% | +2.5 |
| Total | no total model | | | |
FEI — bcftoys.com
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| GASO away | +0.5 | 27.3 | 48.0% | +2.0 |
| CCU home | -0.5 | 28.0 | 52.0% | -2.0 |
| Total | 55.3 | | | +1.8 |
"Points" is the implied score for each side: a spread and a total are the margin and the sum, so solving them back out says what each team is expected to score. A favourite is shown negative, the way a book quotes it. "vs book" is that model's line for the team minus the book's, so a plus means the model makes them the weaker side. Our cards are EA College Football 27 launch ratings rolled up; the gap between two teams is multiplied by a scale fitted on this season's results (real margins have run about 1.8 times the raw gap), plus 2.5 points of home field; the win chance comes from how far 7,877 FBS results landed from a line. FEI is Brian Fremeau's projection, shown as a reference only: measured on his own results pages it went 49.9% against the spread over 3,101 games (2022–25), and the pickers never see it. Neither model has shown it beats a closing line.
Team ratings
| Points vs an average FBS team | GASO | CCU |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | -2.487th | -5.0115th |
| Defence (cards) | -1.2101st | -2.3127th |
| Card team rating | -3.789th | -7.2121st |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | -8.6103rd | -11.4112th |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | -0.6108th | -0.7113th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | -0.8106th | -0.9113th |
| Card line | CCU +4.1 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 6% | 15% |
Cards are EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest) with CFBD's measured stats shown beside them; the team rating rolls EA's starters up with the NFL position weights, unmeasured for college. SP+ is opponent-adjusted; ours is not yet.
Quarterbacks
Max Johnson GASO76 overall · Senior
Points added per play0.168
Completion66.2%
TD–INT5-1
Pass attempts, median game39
Pass yards, median game263
Rush yards, median game-2
Games this season4
Team throws per game41.8
Deuce Bailey CCU74 ▲2 overall · Freshman
Points added per play0.245
Completion54.1%
TD–INT10-2
Pass attempts, median game30
Pass yards, median game232
Rush yards, median game26
Games this season4
Team throws per game31.2
The starter comes from the maintained depth chart (cfbdepth.com). The rating is EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest); everything under it is what CFBD has measured this season, as a median game rather than a total so a man who missed time is not shrunk.
Against the number
| Team | ATS | Cover% | vs spread | O/U | vs total |
|---|
| GASO away | 3-1 | 75% | +2.8 | 2-2 | -6.5 |
| CCU home | 2-2 | 50% | -0.6 | 2-2 | -5.5 |
Against DraftKings' closing number, this season. A record of what happened and nothing more — cover rates do not predict, which is why the pickers never see them.
Streak trends
| Team | Split | Streak (4+), and what happened next in 8,097 games |
|---|
| GASO | away favourite | failed to cover 4 straight — next game covered 52.7% of the time (6098 cases) |
| GASO | away favourite | lost 4 straight — next game covered 50.6% of the time (14163 cases) |
| GASO | away division | gone under 5 straight — next game went over 50.8% of the time (3311 cases) |
| CCU | all | lost 6 straight — next game covered 50.2% of the time (7379 cases) |
| CCU | home | gone over 4 straight — next game went over 47.1% of the time (5399 cases) |
| CCU | underdog | lost 6 straight — next game covered 50.2% of the time (7379 cases) |
| CCU | day | lost 5 straight — next game covered 50.6% of the time (10094 cases) |
| CCU | division | gone over 5 straight — next game went over 46.2% of the time (2484 cases) |
Cover, win/loss and over/under streaks in every split (home, away, favourite, underdog, division, primetime, big favourite), counted against the closing line. Measured over every FBS season on file: cover and over/under streaks revert (fade 6+); college win/loss streaks tell you nothing against the spread (50%), so they are shown here but the picker ignores them. These never reach the pickers' bundle; the "streak" row on the picks board bets on its own.
Venue, weather, rest and travel
Built when the game's bundle is (Brooks Stadium (SC)).
Who is out (reported)
Christopher Vizzina GASO — questionable (ESPN, 2026-09-12)
Injured during Clemson game; replaced by freshman Tait Reynolds; no subsequent status update in Jacksonville State (Sept. 19) or Houston (Sept. 27) recaps.
Covers.com injury tags
| Team | Player | Status | Since | Note |
|---|
| GASO | T. Bradshaw WR | probable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Bradshaw is managing with an undisclosed injury , but it is expected to play against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. |
| GASO | T. Gibbs RB | probable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Gibbs is managing with an undisclosed injury , but it is expected to play against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. |
| GASO | J. Ware WR | questionable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Ware is dealing with an undiscloed injury, and it is unclear whether he will face against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. |
| GASO | A. Hollins WR | out Shoulder | Thu, Oct 1 | Hollins is liad up with a shoulder injury, and he will be idle for the remainder of the season. |
| GASO | J. Dallas WR | questionable Undisclosed | Wed, Sep 30 | Dallas is dealing with an undiscloed injury, and it is unclear whether he will face against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. |
| CCU | K. Johnson WR | questionable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Johnson is bothred by an undisclosed injury, and it is unknown if he will play Saturday versus the Southern Eagles. |
| CCU | C. Hinton WR | questionable Undisclosed | Thu, Oct 1 | Hinton is bothred by an undisclosed injury, and it is unknown if he will play Saturday versus the Southern Eagles. |
Reported, not official: college has no injury report. The first list is the news reader's, with its sources; the table is Covers.com's tags.