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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 12 2026 · Saturday, November 21

Georgia vs South Carolina prediction and pick

Our Georgia Bulldogs at South Carolina Gamecocks pick: Georgia by 14.3, 80% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 8 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.1, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Georgia at South Carolina

Sat, Nov 21, time to be announced · Williams-Brice Stadium

Georgia by 14.3 · 80% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Georgia win80.0%
South Carolina win20.0%
Middle 50%: Georgia by 26 to Georgia by 350%
Middle 90%: Georgia by 42 to South Carolina by 1490%
Middle 95%: Georgia by 48 to South Carolina by 1995%
Exactly Georgia by 35.3%
Exactly Georgia by 74.8%
Exactly Georgia by 144.1%
Exactly Georgia by 174.0%
Exactly South Carolina by 33.9%
P50
Half of games like this end between Georgia by 26 and Georgia by 3.
P90
9 in 10 between Georgia by 42 and South Carolina by 14.
P95
19 in 20 between Georgia by 48 and South Carolina by 19.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsGeorgia+13.9
Last seasonGeorgia+3.5
Home fieldSouth Carolina+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Georgia 4–0 4.0 +0.1
South Carolina 2–2 2.0 −0.3

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Georgia vs South Carolina: questions and answers

Who will win Georgia vs South Carolina?

Our forecast picks Georgia, with 80% to win; South Carolina win 20% of the time.

What’s the spread for Georgia vs South Carolina?

Our spread: Georgia −14.3. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Georgia vs South Carolina?

Saturday, November 21, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Williams-Brice Stadium.