2014–2026 performance history

Georgia Southern over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Sun BeltHead coach: Clay HeltonView Georgia Southern games →
Offense · 2026 estimate55.2/100

41.4 average through 1 game

57.0 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate22.2/100

79.1 average through 1 game

16.8 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Georgia Southern individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Fritz · ’14–’15Willie Fritz, 2014–2015SummersTyson Summers, 2016Lunsford · ’17–’20Chad Lunsford, 2017–2020WhitleyKevin Whitley, 2021Helton · ’22–’26Clay Helton, 2022–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Georgia Southern at NC State · L 23–24; offense 45.7 percentile2014 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Savannah State · W 83–9; offense 99.7 percentile2014 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech · L 38–42; offense 74.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 28–6; offense 61.3 percentile2014 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 34–14; offense 92.0 percentile2014 Week 6: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 36–28; offense 30.9 percentile2014 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Idaho · W 47–24; offense 82.3 percentile2014 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 69–31; offense 99.9 percentile2014 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 42–10; offense 86.2 percentile2014 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 28–25; offense 23.3 percentile2014 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Navy · L 19–52; offense 51.3 percentile2014 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 22–16; offense 66.9 percentile2015 Week 1: Georgia Southern at West Virginia · L 0–44; offense 4.0 percentile2015 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Western Michigan · W 43–17; offense 86.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel · W 48–13; offense 72.0 percentile2015 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Idaho · W 44–20; offense 72.9 percentile2015 Week 5: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · W 51–31; offense 91.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · W 56–26; offense 97.8 percentile2015 Week 8: Georgia Southern at App State · L 13–31; offense 32.8 percentile2015 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. Texas State · W 37–13; offense 64.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Troy · W 45–10; offense 85.5 percentile2015 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Georgia · L 17–23; offense 42.1 percentile2015 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 55–17; offense 91.7 percentile2015 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · L 7–34; offense 6.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green · W 58–27; offense 91.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Savannah State · W 54–0; offense 74.8 percentile2016 Week 2: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 24–9; offense 73.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 23–21; offense 5.6 percentile2016 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Western Michigan · L 31–49; offense 89.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 26–27; offense 35.7 percentile2016 Week 7: Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech · L 24–35; offense 22.9 percentile2016 Week 8: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 22–19; offense 19.9 percentile2016 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. App State · L 10–34; offense 0.4 percentile2016 Week 10: Georgia Southern at Ole Miss · L 27–37; offense 37.7 percentile2016 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 26–33; offense 24.8 percentile2016 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · L 24–30; offense 58.7 percentile2016 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 28–24; offense 76.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Georgia Southern at Auburn · L 7–41; offense 0.9 percentile2017 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. New Hampshire · L 12–22; offense 8.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Indiana · L 17–52; offense 50.5 percentile2017 Week 6: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · L 25–43; offense 63.9 percentile2017 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · L 27–35; offense 21.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Massachusetts · L 20–55; offense 20.7 percentile2017 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 16–38; offense 47.9 percentile2017 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · L 17–21; offense 35.0 percentile2017 Week 11: Georgia Southern at App State · L 6–27; offense 16.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 52–0; offense 88.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · W 34–24; offense 62.3 percentile2017 Week 14: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 17–28; offense 26.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. South Carolina State · W 37–6; offense 48.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Massachusetts · W 34–13; offense 60.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Clemson · L 7–38; offense 34.5 percentile2018 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · W 28–21; offense 76.2 percentile2018 Week 6: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 48–13; offense 77.5 percentile2018 Week 7: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 15–13; offense 7.1 percentile2018 Week 8: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 48–31; offense 96.7 percentile2018 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 34–14; offense 75.1 percentile2018 Week 10: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · L 25–44; offense 16.1 percentile2018 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · L 21–35; offense 23.1 percentile2018 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · W 41–17; offense 74.5 percentile2018 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 35–14; offense 57.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Eastern Michigan · W 23–21; offense 64.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Georgia Southern at LSU · L 3–55; offense 3.9 percentile2019 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Maine · W 26–18; offense 24.7 percentile2019 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Minnesota · L 32–35; offense 34.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 24–37; offense 40.5 percentile2019 Week 6: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 20–17; offense 22.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 30–27; offense 8.0 percentile2019 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · W 41–7; offense 46.0 percentile2019 Week 10: Georgia Southern at App State · W 24–21; offense 77.7 percentile2019 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 28–49; offense 27.3 percentile2019 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 51–29; offense 36.0 percentile2019 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 33–38; offense 33.4 percentile2019 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 38–10; offense 50.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Liberty · L 16–23; offense 9.2 percentile2020 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Campbell · W 27–26; offense 11.0 percentile2020 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · L 18–20; offense 70.1 percentile2020 Week 5: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · W 35–30; offense 76.5 percentile2020 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Massachusetts · W 41–0; offense 89.5 percentile2020 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 14–28; offense 12.4 percentile2020 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 24–17; offense 28.5 percentile2020 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 20–13; offense 40.2 percentile2020 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Texas State · W 40–38; offense 63.8 percentile2020 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · L 24–30; offense 50.3 percentile2020 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Florida Atlantic · W 20–3; offense 25.4 percentile2020 Week 15: Georgia Southern vs. App State · L 26–34; offense 47.2 percentile2020 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–3; offense 34.1 percentile2021 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Arkansas · L 10–45; offense 3.2 percentile2021 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 20–28; offense 70.9 percentile2021 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · W 59–33; offense 90.2 percentile2021 Week 6: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 24–27; offense 11.4 percentile2021 Week 7: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · L 14–41; offense 7.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · L 8–28; offense 26.9 percentile2021 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 38–30; offense 40.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. BYU · L 17–34; offense 26.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Morgan State · W 59–7; offense 40.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Georgia Southern at Nebraska · W 45–42; offense 92.5 percentile2022 Week 3: Georgia Southern at UAB · L 21–35; offense 60.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Ball State · W 34–23; offense 70.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 30–34; offense 59.8 percentile2022 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. James Madison · W 45–38; offense 61.7 percentile2022 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion · W 28–23; offense 55.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · L 31–38; offense 33.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · L 17–36; offense 45.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Marshall · L 10–23; offense 56.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 51–48; offense 72.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Buffalo · L 21–23; offense 50.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel · W 34–0; offense 51.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. UAB · W 49–35; offense 60.9 percentile2023 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Wisconsin · L 14–35; offense 44.2 percentile2023 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Ball State · W 40–3; offense 87.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 38–28; offense 64.3 percentile2023 Week 7: Georgia Southern at James Madison · L 13–41; offense 34.0 percentile2023 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 38–28; offense 14.9 percentile2023 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 44–27; offense 57.4 percentile2023 Week 10: Georgia Southern at Texas State · L 24–45; offense 60.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Marshall · L 33–38; offense 19.4 percentile2023 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Old Dominion · L 17–20; offense 25.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Ohio · L 21–41; offense 39.0 percentile2024 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Boise State · L 45–56; offense 73.7 percentile2024 Week 2: Georgia Southern at Nevada · W 20–17; offense 4.9 percentile2024 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. South Carolina State · W 42–14; offense 35.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Ole Miss · L 13–52; offense 9.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 38–21; offense 66.5 percentile2024 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Marshall · W 24–23; offense 45.9 percentile2024 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. James Madison · W 28–14; offense 77.5 percentile2024 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion · L 19–47; offense 66.4 percentile2024 Week 10: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 34–30; offense 62.1 percentile2024 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · L 20–28; offense 38.9 percentile2024 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · W 26–6; offense 19.1 percentile2024 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 29–20; offense 43.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston · L 26–31; offense 57.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Georgia Southern at Fresno State · L 14–42; offense 49.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Georgia Southern at USC · L 20–59; offense 41.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. Jacksonville State · W 41–34; offense 78.2 percentile2025 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Maine · W 45–17; offense 62.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Georgia Southern at James Madison · L 10–35; offense 19.3 percentile2025 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Southern Miss · L 35–38; offense 43.3 percentile2025 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 41–24; offense 70.1 percentile2025 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 24–34; offense 55.3 percentile2025 Week 11: Georgia Southern at App State · W 25–23; offense 53.0 percentile2025 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 45–40; offense 86.1 percentile2025 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. Old Dominion · L 10–45; offense 20.0 percentile2025 Week 14: Georgia Southern at Marshall · W 24–19; offense 75.1 percentile2025 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 29–10; offense 79.1 percentile2026 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Charleston Southern · W 31–0; offense 41.4 percentile2014 offense season mean: 78.7 percentile2015 offense season mean: 67.7 percentile2016 offense season mean: 37.8 percentile2017 offense season mean: 32.4 percentile2018 offense season mean: 55.6 percentile2019 offense season mean: 28.8 percentile2020 offense season mean: 45.1 percentile2021 offense season mean: 30.3 percentile2022 offense season mean: 59.6 percentile2023 offense season mean: 46.3 percentile2024 offense season mean: 43.8 percentile2025 offense season mean: 57.0 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 55.2 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 41.4 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Georgia Southern at NC State · L 23–24; defense 36.9 percentile2014 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Savannah State · W 83–9; defense 51.8 percentile2014 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech · L 38–42; defense 19.8 percentile2014 Week 4: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 28–6; defense 78.7 percentile2014 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 34–14; defense 86.4 percentile2014 Week 6: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 36–28; defense 32.0 percentile2014 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Idaho · W 47–24; defense 58.7 percentile2014 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 69–31; defense 37.6 percentile2014 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 42–10; defense 77.7 percentile2014 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 28–25; defense 78.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Navy · L 19–52; defense 6.5 percentile2014 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 22–16; defense 26.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Georgia Southern at West Virginia · L 0–44; defense 24.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Western Michigan · W 43–17; defense 96.0 percentile2015 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel · W 48–13; defense 21.3 percentile2015 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Idaho · W 44–20; defense 33.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · W 51–31; defense 48.9 percentile2015 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · W 56–26; defense 40.1 percentile2015 Week 8: Georgia Southern at App State · L 13–31; defense 48.6 percentile2015 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. Texas State · W 37–13; defense 70.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Troy · W 45–10; defense 75.1 percentile2015 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Georgia · L 17–23; defense 57.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 55–17; defense 83.5 percentile2015 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · L 7–34; defense 9.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green · W 58–27; defense 90.6 percentile2016 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Savannah State · W 54–0; defense 81.8 percentile2016 Week 2: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 24–9; defense 92.9 percentile2016 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 23–21; defense 67.2 percentile2016 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Western Michigan · L 31–49; defense 58.5 percentile2016 Week 6: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 26–27; defense 47.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech · L 24–35; defense 13.4 percentile2016 Week 8: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 22–19; defense 55.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. App State · L 10–34; defense 53.3 percentile2016 Week 10: Georgia Southern at Ole Miss · L 27–37; defense 23.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 26–33; defense 8.1 percentile2016 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · L 24–30; defense 26.6 percentile2016 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 28–24; defense 52.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Georgia Southern at Auburn · L 7–41; defense 32.0 percentile2017 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. New Hampshire · L 12–22; defense 24.0 percentile2017 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Indiana · L 17–52; defense 21.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · L 25–43; defense 42.0 percentile2017 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · L 27–35; defense 18.4 percentile2017 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Massachusetts · L 20–55; defense 6.8 percentile2017 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 16–38; defense 7.6 percentile2017 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · L 17–21; defense 64.5 percentile2017 Week 11: Georgia Southern at App State · L 6–27; defense 29.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 52–0; defense 93.4 percentile2017 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · W 34–24; defense 27.9 percentile2017 Week 14: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 17–28; defense 26.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. South Carolina State · W 37–6; defense 44.1 percentile2018 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Massachusetts · W 34–13; defense 48.8 percentile2018 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Clemson · L 7–38; defense 33.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · W 28–21; defense 53.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 48–13; defense 51.8 percentile2018 Week 7: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 15–13; defense 79.1 percentile2018 Week 8: Georgia Southern at New Mexico State · W 48–31; defense 12.4 percentile2018 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 34–14; defense 77.7 percentile2018 Week 10: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · L 25–44; defense 10.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · L 21–35; defense 37.3 percentile2018 Week 12: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · W 41–17; defense 97.4 percentile2018 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 35–14; defense 89.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Eastern Michigan · W 23–21; defense 20.8 percentile2019 Week 1: Georgia Southern at LSU · L 3–55; defense 46.2 percentile2019 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Maine · W 26–18; defense 57.9 percentile2019 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Minnesota · L 32–35; defense 69.2 percentile2019 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 24–37; defense 3.9 percentile2019 Week 6: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 20–17; defense 63.1 percentile2019 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 30–27; defense 92.2 percentile2019 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. New Mexico State · W 41–7; defense 95.7 percentile2019 Week 10: Georgia Southern at App State · W 24–21; defense 87.6 percentile2019 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 28–49; defense 16.7 percentile2019 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 51–29; defense 74.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 33–38; defense 19.3 percentile2019 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 38–10; defense 87.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Liberty · L 16–23; defense 88.3 percentile2020 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. Campbell · W 27–26; defense 20.0 percentile2020 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · L 18–20; defense 49.3 percentile2020 Week 5: Georgia Southern at UL Monroe · W 35–30; defense 21.6 percentile2020 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Massachusetts · W 41–0; defense 78.7 percentile2020 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 14–28; defense 95.0 percentile2020 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · W 24–17; defense 86.2 percentile2020 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · W 20–13; defense 97.1 percentile2020 Week 11: Georgia Southern vs. Texas State · W 40–38; defense 56.6 percentile2020 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · L 24–30; defense 62.2 percentile2020 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. Florida Atlantic · W 20–3; defense 76.5 percentile2020 Week 15: Georgia Southern vs. App State · L 26–34; defense 85.5 percentile2020 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–3; defense 34.1 percentile2021 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Arkansas · L 10–45; defense 9.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana · L 20–28; defense 61.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Arkansas State · W 59–33; defense 14.6 percentile2021 Week 6: Georgia Southern at Troy · L 24–27; defense 47.2 percentile2021 Week 7: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · L 14–41; defense 8.5 percentile2021 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · L 8–28; defense 76.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Texas State · W 38–30; defense 48.3 percentile2021 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. BYU · L 17–34; defense 17.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Morgan State · W 59–7; defense 63.4 percentile2022 Week 2: Georgia Southern at Nebraska · W 45–42; defense 1.2 percentile2022 Week 3: Georgia Southern at UAB · L 21–35; defense 33.4 percentile2022 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Ball State · W 34–23; defense 39.3 percentile2022 Week 5: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · L 30–34; defense 26.1 percentile2022 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. James Madison · W 45–38; defense 25.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion · W 28–23; defense 26.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama · L 31–38; defense 2.6 percentile2022 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Louisiana · L 17–36; defense 16.9 percentile2022 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Marshall · L 10–23; defense 22.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 51–48; defense 9.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Buffalo · L 21–23; defense 48.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel · W 34–0; defense 80.1 percentile2023 Week 2: Georgia Southern vs. UAB · W 49–35; defense 44.4 percentile2023 Week 3: Georgia Southern at Wisconsin · L 14–35; defense 27.3 percentile2023 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Ball State · W 40–3; defense 95.7 percentile2023 Week 5: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 38–28; defense 27.6 percentile2023 Week 7: Georgia Southern at James Madison · L 13–41; defense 22.3 percentile2023 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. UL Monroe · W 38–28; defense 59.1 percentile2023 Week 9: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 44–27; defense 28.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Georgia Southern at Texas State · L 24–45; defense 1.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Georgia Southern at Marshall · L 33–38; defense 23.6 percentile2023 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Old Dominion · L 17–20; defense 75.8 percentile2023 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Ohio · L 21–41; defense 37.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Boise State · L 45–56; defense 10.8 percentile2024 Week 2: Georgia Southern at Nevada · W 20–17; defense 33.4 percentile2024 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. South Carolina State · W 42–14; defense 26.3 percentile2024 Week 4: Georgia Southern at Ole Miss · L 13–52; defense 6.4 percentile2024 Week 5: Georgia Southern at Georgia State · W 38–21; defense 68.3 percentile2024 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Marshall · W 24–23; defense 63.6 percentile2024 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. James Madison · W 28–14; defense 91.2 percentile2024 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion · L 19–47; defense 0.9 percentile2024 Week 10: Georgia Southern at South Alabama · W 34–30; defense 29.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Troy · L 20–28; defense 24.9 percentile2024 Week 13: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina · W 26–6; defense 88.1 percentile2024 Week 14: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 29–20; defense 55.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston · L 26–31; defense 78.8 percentile2025 Week 1: Georgia Southern at Fresno State · L 14–42; defense 1.0 percentile2025 Week 2: Georgia Southern at USC · L 20–59; defense 3.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Georgia Southern vs. Jacksonville State · W 41–34; defense 29.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Georgia Southern vs. Maine · W 45–17; defense 27.3 percentile2025 Week 5: Georgia Southern at James Madison · L 10–35; defense 29.4 percentile2025 Week 7: Georgia Southern vs. Southern Miss · L 35–38; defense 46.7 percentile2025 Week 8: Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State · W 41–24; defense 5.9 percentile2025 Week 9: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State · L 24–34; defense 12.6 percentile2025 Week 11: Georgia Southern at App State · W 25–23; defense 53.9 percentile2025 Week 12: Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina · W 45–40; defense 5.9 percentile2025 Week 13: Georgia Southern vs. Old Dominion · L 10–45; defense 3.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Georgia Southern at Marshall · W 24–19; defense 33.1 percentile2025 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. App State · W 29–10; defense 44.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Georgia Southern vs. Charleston Southern · W 31–0; defense 79.1 percentile2014 defense season mean: 48.6 percentile2015 defense season mean: 55.8 percentile2016 defense season mean: 47.9 percentile2017 defense season mean: 31.3 percentile2018 defense season mean: 52.2 percentile2019 defense season mean: 64.0 percentile2020 defense season mean: 68.0 percentile2021 defense season mean: 31.8 percentile2022 defense season mean: 21.3 percentile2023 defense season mean: 42.4 percentile2024 defense season mean: 40.5 percentile2025 defense season mean: 16.8 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 22.2 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 79.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Tyson Summers
2017Chad Lunsford / Tyson Summers
2021Kevin Whitley / Chad Lunsford
2022Clay Helton

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateClay Helton1
55.2 estimate41.4 games-only average
22.2 estimate79.1 games-only average
2025Clay Helton1357.016.8
2024Clay Helton1343.840.5
2023Clay Helton1246.342.4
2022Clay HeltonCoaching change1259.621.3
2021Kevin Whitley / Chad LunsfordCoaching change830.331.8
2020Chad Lunsford1245.168.0
2019Chad Lunsford1328.864.0
2018Chad Lunsford1355.652.2
2017Chad Lunsford / Tyson SummersCoaching change1232.431.3
2016Tyson SummersCoaching change1237.847.9
2015Willie Fritz1367.755.8
2014Willie Fritz1278.748.6