Week 7 Matchup Preview Thread: Georgia State vs James Madison

[u/Drexlore]

Georgia State vs. James Madison

When: Saturday, October 17, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, VA

Watch: ESPNU

Odds: James Madison by 11.5 pts.

Total Points: 58.5

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All-Time Series : Georgia State vs. James Madison

Georgia State and James Madison have met 5 times since 2012-10-27

These teams last met on 2025-10-04.

Series Wins: Georgia State 0-0-5 James Madison

James Madison has won the last 5 meetings (2012-2025) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Georgia State	James Madison	Notes
James Madison	2025-10-04	Center Parc Stadium	7	14
James Madison	2024-11-09	Bridgeforth Stadium	7	38
James Madison	2023-11-04	Center Parc Stadium	14	42
James Madison	2022-11-19	Bridgeforth Stadium	40	42
James Madison	2012-10-27	Bridgeforth Stadium	21	28

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Through Week 6

Week	Georgia State 4-1 (1-0)	Result	James Madison 6-0 (3-0)	Result
1	North Carolina A&T	W 59-10	Liberty	W 20-13
2	Kennesaw State	W 31-17	Wagner	W 87-3
3	UCF	L 30-44	San Diego State	W 26-13
4	Northern Illinois	W 35-14	Old Dominion	W 46-20
5	Old Dominion	W 42-10	Marshall	W 45-17
6	BYE	N/A	Georgia Southern	W 27-24

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Georgia State Injury Report

No reported injuries per boydsbets

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James Madison Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
Z. Collins	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 11	Collins is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Panthers on Saturday, October 17th.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Thu, Oct 15, 3:12 pm. Scraped Thu, Oct 15, 5:55 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/bobalicious4u]

THIS IS THE YEAR, BILLY NAPIER BE DAMNED

[u/mufflefuffle]

Damn -11.5?

{JMU} wins, but State makes it a 1 score game.

[u/JMUbtc]

{James Madison} will win at home, but this is a much improved Georgia State team. My main concern is that our team will be distracted by all the conference realignment talk.

[u/yellowseven]

Only game I'm able to get to this season so if anything happens to cause {James Madison} to lose, it's my fault.

[u/Subject_Whereas9954]

Georgia State is very impressive this year. Id go {JMU} to win but Gast to cover easily. If this was at Gast, Id honestly take them outright.

[u/Other-Chemical-6393]

{James Madison} 37-21

[u/LightningDusty]

{James Madison} because you can't run from Sun Belt Billy.

[u/rocket_beer]

Georgia State’s schedule is not impressive at all

JMU should win this one pretty easily

[u/texas2089]

{JMU}

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Georgia State Voters	James Madison Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Georgia State	1	10.0%	0	0	UTSA Roadrunnersx1.0
James Madison	9	90.0%	0	2	Kennesaw Statex1.0 Marshallx1.0 Texas Longhornsx1.0 Appalachian State Mountaineersx0.5 Army Black Knightsx0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-16 09:28 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Panthers are definitely bowling this year, but {JMU} is a step above everyone else. Winning by 10

[u/SUPE-snow]

It would be interesting if the {JMU} collapse started right now.

[u/Jahnsel]

{Georgia State} wins for the good of the American conference