Towson at South Carolina
Fan take
Towson fans
South Carolina fans
How they got here
Last two games
Towson · 0-2
Picked #188 in the preseason · now #164 — better than expected.
Two straight losses.
Last three games · 2025 season
South Carolina · 4-8
Picked #18 in the preseason · now #27 — about right.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 14–28 vs ClemsonTop 25 #20 of 668
lost by 14 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 51–7 vs Coastal Carolina #157 of 668
won by 44 as a 24.5-point favorite
L 30–31 @ Texas A&MTop 25 #11 of 668
lost by 1 as a 16.5-point underdog
L 14–30 @ Ole MissTop 25 #11 of 668
lost by 16 as a 13-point underdog
L 22–29 vs AlabamaTop 25 #5 of 668
lost by 7 as a 11.5-point underdog
L 7–26 vs OklahomaTop 25 #13 of 668
lost by 19 as a 4-point underdog
L 10–20 @ LSUTop 25 #12 of 668
lost by 10 as a 8.5-point underdog
W 35–13 vs Kentucky #83 of 668
won by 22 as a 6.5-point favorite
L 20–29 @ MissouriTop 25 #17 of 668
lost by 9 as a 10.5-point underdog
L 7–31 vs VanderbiltTop 25 #26 of 668
lost by 24 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 38–10 vs South Carolina State #139 of 668
won by 28 as a 42.5-point favorite
W 24–11 vs Virginia Tech #26 of 668
won by 13 as a 7-point favorite
What’s at stake
Towson
- Towson needs 6 more wins in the final 9 to reach bowl eligibility.
- Towson is still shaking off a 36-point loss.
South Carolina
- A win puts South Carolina a step closer to a 29% shot at the CFP field.
- South Carolina is coming off a 36-point win.
The series
South Carolina leads the series 1-0
1 meeting since 2026 · South Carolina won the last meeting
- 2026South Carolina 45–9
Best players
South Carolina
- Matthew Fuller (RB) · 199 rushing yards
- Lanorris Sellers (QB) · 366 passing yards
- Nyck Harbor (WR) · 105 receiving yards — Heisman odds: 82nd (+25000)
The line, and the room
The model and the market are in lockstep on South Carolina’s chances here.
Home −44.5 · O/U 57.5
Conditions
81°F · 3 mph wind · Clear
South Carolina is worth +4.6 points (±4.3) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 62nd percentile.
54% at home, 32% on the road against FBS opponents (26–22 home, 12–25 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -2.2 at home vs. away over 71 games — inside the ±7.1 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 447 miles to get here.
Towson 9 – South Carolina 45
Called it — picked South Carolina to win.
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- BoxThe line
Aaron Enterline (Towson): 10 rec · 123 yds · 1 TD
Top 1% catches game since 2021.No matter how bad we’re playing I’m genuinely impressed by the Towson QB and Enterliner/CFB game thread · ▲ 3
Win-probability model: CollegeFootballData.
Recent games
South Carolina
- Wk 1Wvs Kent State57-0
Towson
- Wk 1Lvs Maine18-21
- Wk 1Lat Navy15-42
Trajectory
South Carolina beat Towson 45-9 — exactly what the pregame pick had.