Charleston Southern at The Citadel
How they got here
Last two games
Charleston Southern · 0-2
Picked #242 in the preseason · now #199 — better than expected.
Two straight losses.
L 0–31 @ Georgia Southern #114 of 669
lost by 31 as a 28-point underdog
L 17–20 @ Lindenwood #181 of 669
lost by 3 as a 7.5-point underdog
What’s at stake
Charleston Southern
- Charleston Southern needs 5 more wins in the final 9 to reach bowl eligibility.
- Charleston Southern is the Lowcountry Buccaneer program climbing into FCS relevance, reborn from the Coastal Carolina rivalry and building a new identity.
The Citadel
- The Citadel needs 5 more wins in the final 9 to reach bowl eligibility.
- The Citadel is a senior military college where football is played by cadets bound for commissioned service. The Bulldogs compete in the Southern Conference as an FCS program built on discipline, honor, and the unique mission of developing officers, not recruits.
The series
The series is tied 7-7
14 meetings since 2003 · Charleston Southern won the last meeting
- 2026Charleston Southern 26–20
- 2024The Citadel 22–21
- 2021Charleston Southern 38–21
- 2019The Citadel 22–13
- 2018The Citadel 43–14
The line, and the room
The model and the market don’t fully agree on The Citadel’s chances here.
Home −3 · O/U 45.5
Conditions
82°F · 15 mph wind · Cloudy
The Citadel is worth +21.1 points (±36.5) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 100th percentile.
50% at home, 18% on the road against FBS opponents (1–1 home, 2–9 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 -8.4 at home vs. away over 42 games — inside the ±8.7 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 14 miles to get here.
Charleston Southern 26 – The Citadel 20
Missed — picked The Citadel, Charleston Southern won.
Recent games
The Citadel
- Wk 1Lat Wofford14-42
- Wk 1Wat Charlotte43-41
Charleston Southern
- Wk 1Lat Lindenwood17-20
- Wk 1Lat Georgia Southern0-31
Trajectory
Charleston Southern beat The Citadel 26-20 — the pregame pick had The Citadel instead.