Coastal
Sun Belt · 2-5
at
Georgia St
Sun Belt · 4-3
Sat 31 Oct · 2:00 PM ET · ESPN+ · Center Parc Stadium
Rest CCU 15 days, GAST 7 days · Travel CCU 309 mi
Market
GAST −6.0
total 57.5 · spread opened GAST −6.5, moved −0.5 toward CCU
Atlas projectsAtlas
24.8–30.9
CCU–GAST · total 55.7
Difference
+0.1
on the spread · total −1.8
A+98/100
Historically reliable.

Atlas and the market land on the same number, 0.1 points apart.

Agreement is where this model is most reliable, and where it is adding least — a top grade means trust the number, not that this is the card to read first.

How much weight this card's information deserves — not a recommendation.

Why

what the model is reading

Be careful about

  • One book is quoting this game, so the market number has no depth behind it and may move sharply.

Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status

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Market detail where the line opened, where it is now, and the prices
SpreadOpenCurrentMove
Georgia St−6.5−6.0−0.5
Coastal+6.5+6.0+0.5
Price−105−108—

The spread has moved 0.5 toward Coastal since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total57.557.5unchanged
Price (over)−110−108—
Moneyline · Coastal +180 → +180 Moneyline · Georgia St −218 → −218 De-vigged, the market gives Georgia St a 65.7% chance. Books quoting: 1.

DraftKings · 1 book quoting

Projection detail the projected score, the chance of winning, the total's range and the most likely exact score
Projected score
24.8 – 30.9
Coastal – Georgia St
Projected spread
GAST −6.1
market −6.0
Projected total
55.7
market 57.5 · 80% range 35–77
Georgia St win probability
65.8%
from the score grid
Under probability
51.6%
at the current total of 57.5
Most likely score
24–31
1.0% of the grid — one cell of 6,400
How this number is made. Every FBS team starts the season at a preseason expectation built from last season's ratings, roster talent, recruiting, returning production and the coaching situation. After every game a filter updates each team's offense and defense, opponent-adjusted, and the two teams' numbers meet here with the home advantage. The total adds the teams' pace and the wind. The market is never an input; it is shown so you can see where Atlas differs and read why.

Atlas difference

MeasureAtlas modelMarketDifference
SpreadGAST −6.1GAST −6.0+0.1
Total55.757.5−1.8
Georgia St win probability65.8%65.7%+0.1 pts
A difference is not an edge. Atlas has measured what happens at every size of disagreement, and the gap between what the model claims and what it delivers widens as the disagreement grows. This game sits in the 0-1 band, where cards have claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49% across 853 games.
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 138 FBS teams

Season to date through 24 October: Coastal 7 games, Georgia St 7 games. Ranks are among 138 FBS teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

Coastal offensevs Georgia St defense
26.189th
Points per gameedge Coastal
26.091st
5.9674th
Yards per playedge Coastal
5.7179th
149.387th
Rushing yards per gameedge Georgia St
146.177th
233.070th
Passing yards per gameedge Georgia St
207.148th
4.956th
20+ yard plays per gameedge Coastal
4.691st
2.7118th
Sacks per gameedge Georgia St
3.010th
37%97th
Third-down conversion rateedge Georgia St
30%7th
58%78th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Georgia St
55%67th
Georgia St offensevs Coastal defense
35.927th
Points per gameedge Georgia St
25.989th
6.7720th
Yards per playedge Georgia St
6.46121st
199.126th
Rushing yards per gameedge Georgia St
203.6129th
255.646th
Passing yards per gameedge Georgia St
219.975th
6.014th
20+ yard plays per gameedge Georgia St
5.0111th
1.014th
Sacks per gameedge Georgia St
2.157th
47%29th
Third-down conversion rateedge Georgia St
46%126th
65%45th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge Georgia St
59%87th
Coastalvs Georgia St
Situational
+0.5731st
Turnover margin per gameedge Coastal
−1.14133rd
64.185th most
Plays per game
67.157th most

Figures come from completed games only, so every one was known before kickoff. They are raw, not adjusted for opponents - All drivers has Atlas's adjusted view. College counts sack yardage as rushing, as the NCAA does.

Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
ModelMarginWinAs of
FPI (ESPN)GAST by 5.666%Oct 28
SP+GAST by 3.6—Oct 29
EloGAST by 6.3—Oct 29
AtlasGAST by 6.166%live
MarketGAST by 6.0—live

Each model's number for this game as its source published it before kickoff; Win is the favored side's chance to win, where the model gives one. FPI's margin and chance are ESPN's own. SP+ is the difference in the two teams' ratings, plus 2.5 for a home side; Elo is the difference in ratings at 24 points a point, plus 2.6 for a home side, as Atlas measured it on past seasons. None of these is an input to Atlas's number, and none is here to settle anything: they show where Atlas sits among other models.

How this grade was computed the four things that set the letter, out of a hundred
A+98

High-reliability card

Atlas and the market agree closely, and this disagreement band has been among the model's most consistent across five seasons.

Calibration 43/45
Market agreement 25/25
Card conditions 15/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 0.1 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 1.2% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The season is mature enough for the team profiles to have settled, and the market has not moved much since it opened.

The grade describes how much weight the information deserves. It says nothing about which side of a market anyone should take, and Atlas does not publish that. How grades are computed.

All drivers all 4 things the model is reading, and how each team ranks against the rest of the country
Pace and possessions 106 plays · 35th percentile

A combined 106 plays per game — the 35th percentile of this season's games. Few possessions, which pulls the projected total down.

fewer playsmore plays
Offense, in points GAST +5.1 pts

Atlas rates Georgia St's offense at -0.2 points a game against FBS average and Coastal's at -5.3, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

CoastalGeorgia St
Home advantage GAST +2.6 pts

Playing at home is worth 2.6 points in this season's model, fitted, not assumed.

CoastalGeorgia St
Defense, in points CCU +1.9 pts

Atlas rates Coastal's defense at -4.2 points a game against FBS average and Georgia St's at -6.1, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

CoastalGeorgia St
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way

Total, open to current

58.6 57.5 56.4 Atlas 55.7 — beyond this range open 57.5 now 57.5
MeasureValue
Opening number57.5
Current number57.5
Market directionunchanged
Atlas directiondown

Atlas and the market point opposite ways on this total. That is information, not a verdict.

Two findings that are not in conflict

Atlas has measured disagreement twice, against two different reference points, and they say different things.

Measured againstWhat it predicts
The closing numberthe model's own failure — so a large difference lowers the grade
The opening numberwhich way the line moves — tracked publicly, not graded

A model far from the close is wrong; a model far from the open is early. The second finding is tracked in the open closing-line record and is deliberately kept out of the grade.

Reliability record what Atlas claimed and what it delivered, across the seasons it never saw while being built

Calibration by disagreement band

82% 64% 45% this card10+ claimed realized

Two series, labeled directly. The widening gap is why Atlas grades large disagreements down.

This band, five seasons

MeasureThis bandAll cards
Realized accuracy49.5%49.2%
Claimed accuracy52.1%58.0%
Calibration gap−2.7 pts−8.8 pts
Seasons above 50%1 of 5—
Games measured8533,864
Read the gap, not the claim. Atlas's raw confidence numbers run high — a claimed 52% has historically delivered 49%. The grade already corrects for this. The claim is shown so the correction is visible rather than hidden.
What this card is. Research, analytics and market context. Atlas does not publish selections, does not size anything and does not project returns. Every figure is computed out of sample from a point-in-time database: nothing attached to a game uses information that did not exist before kickoff.