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Kent State vs South Carolina prediction
Hypothetical matchup, 2026 season
KENT 11% win89% SC
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Kent State Golden Flashes
Record 3–5 · #128 in ratings
Neutral site
South Carolina Gamecocks
Record 4–3 · #34 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (50)
Turnover and penalty data arrives with the next daily update, so this starts at normal.
- Power index
- 7 vs 76
- Projected
- SC favored
- Differential
- 17.0 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at a neutral site, luck set to normal. These teams aren't scheduled to play this season.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- South Carolina by 17.0
- Projected total
- 47.0
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 22.9%
- Went to overtime
- 1.9%
- Kent State wins by 21+
- 0.6%
- South Carolina wins by 21+
- 39.7%
- Median score
- 14–31
- Model expectation
- 14.8–31.9
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Kent State wins, bars on the left are South Carolina wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Most common scores
- South Carolina 27, Kent State 1777 games
- South Carolina 27, Kent State 1076 games
- South Carolina 30, Kent State 1070 games
- South Carolina 30, Kent State 768 games
- South Carolina 27, Kent State 767 games
- South Carolina 20, Kent State 1067 games
Where the edges are
Kent State offense vs South Carolina defenseOffense -10.2Defense +0.7Edge South Carolina: its defense is 10.9 points better than Kent State's offense.
South Carolina offense vs Kent State defenseOffense +5.1Defense -1.0Edge South Carolina: its offense is 6.1 points better than Kent State's defense.
| Stat | Kent State | South Carolina | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | -0.01 | 0.19 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.11 | 0.13 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 35.3% | 44.6% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 45.4% | 42.2% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 14.9 | 36.1 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 30.5 | 25.3 | Raw, not adjusted |
How the simulation works
Every team gets an offense and defense rating from this season's scores, adjusted for who they played: scoring 40 against a top defense counts for more than 40 against a weak one. Blowouts count as at most a 35-point win.
Each simulated game gives both teams about 10 possessions. Every possession ends in a touchdown, a field goal or nothing, with odds set by how the offense and defense match up, plus a little game-day randomness. Ties go to overtime.
Running it 10,000 times and counting the wins gives the win probability. Ratings use 2,508 completed games and update every morning.