South Alabama
4–4 · 2–2 Sun Belt · Major Applewhite, 3rd season
Lost to Louisiana Tech 35–20, Oct 31 · Next: at Louisiana, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
South Alabama has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, 0.8 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.1 a game over, 62nd of 136.
Of the 12 teams at 4–4 against a schedule this hard, South Alabama’s +1.1 is 6th.
last 4
−0.8
before
+2.9
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Oct 3, 2026 vs Louisiana Monroe +4.0
Oct 8, 2026 @ Arkansas State +10.0
Oct 20, 2026 @ Marshall −8.5
Oct 31, 2026 vs Louisiana Tech −8.5
Lately
- Covered 5 of its last 10count
Nov 22, 2025 vs Southern Miss +9.5
Nov 29, 2025 @ Texas State −13.5- S Sep 5 vs S E Louisiana +11.5
Sep 12 @ Tulane +5.5
Sep 19 vs Ohio −2
Sep 26 @ Kentucky −3.5- Oct 3 vs Louisiana Monroe +4
- Oct 8 @ Arkansas State +10
- Oct 20 @ Marshall −8.5
- Oct 31 vs Louisiana Tech −8.5
- Won 5 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Southern Miss +7
- Nov 29, 2025 @ Texas State −23
- S Sep 5 vs S E Louisiana +25
- Sep 12 @ Tulane −4
- Sep 19 vs Ohio +5
- Sep 26 @ Kentucky −24
- Oct 3 vs Louisiana Monroe +17
- Oct 8 @ Arkansas State +7
- Oct 20 @ Marshall −7
- Oct 31 vs Louisiana Tech −15
- Won 5 of its last 10 at homecount
- M Aug 30, 2025 vs Morgan State +17
- Sep 6, 2025 vs Tulane −2
Sep 20, 2025 vs Coastal Carolina −18- Oct 14, 2025 vs Arkansas State −1
Nov 1, 2025 vs Louisiana −9- Nov 22, 2025 vs Southern Miss +7
- S Sep 5 vs S E Louisiana +25
- Sep 19 vs Ohio +5
- Oct 3 vs Louisiana Monroe +17
- Oct 31 vs Louisiana Tech −15
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +5.3 · 33rd | +10.7 · 125th |
| Total yards | +36 · 39th | +70 · 121st |
| Touchdowns | +0.8 · 28th | +1.9 · 132nd |
| Passing efficiency | +13.5 · 36th | +27.4 · 126th |
| 3rd downs | −0.2% · 66th | +4.3% · 105th |
| Turnovers | −0.6 · 13th | +0.1 · 50th |
| Sacks | −0.7 · 27th | −0.3 · 91st |
| Penalty yards | +3.2 · 84th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.