South Alabama vs Georgia State preview, prediction, and betting lines. Both teams have been interesting, but neither one has won a Sun Belt game.

Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan provides his expert prediction for South Alabama vs. Georgia State on Friday in Week 9 of the college football season.

Both South Alabama and Georgia State need to win out to become bowl-eligible, which means the loser of Thursday night’s game is guaranteed a losing record and no postseason berth. The Jaguars enter the game having lost six straight, while the Panthers have lost four in a row.

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Expert recap and game analysis of the South Alabama Jaguars vs. Georgia State Panthers NCAAF game from October 23, 2025 on ESPN.

After Thursday, either South Alabama or Georgia State will be playing out the string this season. The Jaguars and Panthers are both 1-6 overall, 0-3 in the Sun Belt Conference heading into their Thursday night game at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta.

The Alabama Crimson Tide earned a Week 5 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. Here are the scores, updates and highlights:

Vanderbilt moved up 7 spots to No. 10 in the AP poll, the Commodores’ highest ranking since 1947. Vanderbilt downed LSU 31-24 to earn just the fifth top-10 ranking in program history. The others were in 1937 (once), 1941 (once) and 1947 (twice).

The Crimson Tide and the Volunteers will square off in an SEC game at 6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.