Key stats
Each bar is the team’s national rank as a percentile. A longer bar is better, for defense too.
All 17 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
Player stats
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
Biggest plays from Charleston Southern’s games
Official highlights with our numbers: the plays that moved the chance to win most in Charleston Southern’s games this season, whoever made them.
Q1, 6:58 · Georgia Southern up 7Max Johnson finds Ashton Hollins for a 57-yard touchdownCharleston Southern at Georgia Southern, week 1Q1, 6:58 · Georgia Southern 14, Charleston Southern 05757-yard touchdown pass5757-yard touchdown pass57-yard touchdown passAshton Hollins 57 yd pass from Max Johnson (Tripp Bryant Kick)▶Watch from this play
Sun Belt Conference
Q1, 5:17 · Clemson up 3Chris Johnson Jr. runs 6 yards for a touchdownCharleston Southern at Clemson, week 7Q1, 5:17 · Clemson 10, Charleston Southern 010-0score after the play10-0score after the playC.Johnson Jr. rush middle for 6 yards gain to the CSU00 touchdown, kick good▶Watch from this play
- Q2, 13:30 · Clemson up 10Gideon Davidson runs 7 yards for a touchdownCharleston Southern at Clemson, week 7Q2, 13:30 · Clemson 17, Charleston Southern 017-0score after the play17-0score after the playG.Davidson rush middle for 7 yards gain to the CSU00 touchdown, kick good▶Watch from this play
- Q2, 5:40 · Clemson up 17T. Reynolds fumbles but keeps the ballCharleston Southern at Clemson, week 7Q2, 5:40 · Clemson 17, Charleston Southern 017-0score after the play17-0score after the playT.Reynolds rush right for 9 yards gain to the CSU05 fumbled by T.Reynolds at CSU14 forced by S.Hamilton recovered by CLE T.Reynolds at CSU05, End Of Play▶Watch from this play
Q2, 3:51 · Charleston Southern down 31London Merritt sacks Jared Echols for a 4-yard lossCharleston Southern at Clemson, week 7Q2, 3:51 · Charleston Southern 0, Clemson 310-31score after the play0-31score after the playJ.Echols sacked for loss of 4 yards to the CSU28 (L.Merritt)▶Watch from this play- Q4, 11:20 · Clemson up 37Mylan Bowen intercepts Trent Pearman and returns it 45 yardsCharleston Southern at Clemson, week 7Q4, 11:20 · Clemson 37, Charleston Southern 037-0score after the play37-0score after the playT.Pearman pass intercepted by M.Bowen at CSU25 M.Bowen return 45 yards to the CLE30 (M.Wilson)▶Watch from this play
How scary each game got
Charleston Southern lost to Gardner-Webb after being 85% to win; the closest win was at The Citadel, down to 17%
Tap a game for its score and win chances.
Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest chance our model gave Charleston Southern during that game; the thick mark is where it started. Numbers are the game week.
Home-field advantage · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Charleston Southern is worth +11.1 points more at home than on the road.
Top tenth of FBS, 100th percentile of 133 programs
50% at home, 0% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (1-1 home, 0-13 away). Interval ±11.7.
The stadium and how the home edge is measured
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge. The books use about 3. Per-team versions were tested and did not hold up (why). Against the closing line, Charleston Southern has beaten the number by −0.3 more at home than away over 52 games. That is inside the ±7.2 that many games can resolve, so the results cannot tell this stadium from the flat number. That is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Buccaneer Field seats 4,000 and has averaged 84% full (3,352, 14 games reported). Visitors cover a median 269 miles to get here (2018-present).
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across 36 of 38 home games since 2018. No national trip rank shown: the ranked field is FBS venues only and leaves out the service academies and venues with too few measured games.
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Scheme claims
How much of Charleston Southern’s number is the schedule?
Raw EPA/play through week 10 is −0.07; adjusted for opponent strength, it's −0.04. The widest gap came in week 2: −0.14 raw vs. −0.00 adjusted.
Havoc & trenches
Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.
Turnover luck
Recovering 20% of the fumbles they've forced — running cold vs. the ~48% league rate.
1 of 5 forced fumbles recovered, 2026 only.