Week 3 report · Sat, Sep 19 · 2026 Week 3FCS opponent · display only
Mercer
0–1 · unrated
11–44Final
Georgia Tech
2–3 · Ours #68 enteringOur rank going into this game, from the rankings page. The board's line comes from the betting model, which sees more than this one number.
SpreadOur last pregame odds pull, usually inside the hour before kickoff. A median of the books we track, not a sharp close.GT −38.5oursOur computer's point spread for this game, built from team stats, not from the betting odds. Read it like a betting line: −7 means we have that team winning by 7. −31.8 · Mercer covered by 5.5
TotalOur last pregame odds pull, usually inside the hour before kickoff. A median of the books we track, not a sharp close.—
FCS opponent · display onlyFCS opponents are modeled by tier. No pick, no probability, never graded.
Quarterbacksthis game
JP Pickles
7/11 · 82 yards
- EPA / dropbackExpected points added per dropback (passes and sacks) in this game. The percentile is among every 2026 FBS quarterback game with 10+ dropbacks.
- −0.61
- Comp %
- 63.6
- TD
- 0
- Turnovers
- 11 INT · 0 fum
- Sacked
- 1
Replaced 5152839 in Q2
Alberto Mendoza15/21 · 249 yards
- EPA / dropbackExpected points added per dropback (passes and sacks) in this game. The percentile is among every 2026 FBS quarterback game with 10+ dropbacks.
- +0.4177th pct
- Comp %
- 71.4
- TD
- 3
- Turnovers
- 00 INT · 0 fum
- Sacked
- 1
No 2026 stats for Mercer (FCS), so the matchup and team-stat tables are left off.
Season so far
Mercer0–1
Lat Georgia Tech11–44covered +38.5
at Georgia Tech11–44covered +38.5Georgia Tech2–3 · 62nd-hardest schedule
L
vs Colorado13–14missed −6.5
vs Colorado13–14missed −6.5L
vs Tennessee24–45missed +12
vs Tennessee24–45missed +12Wvs Mercer44–11missed −38.5
L
at Stanford27–34missed −3
at Stanford27–34missed −3W
vs Duke28–25covered +4.5
vs Duke28–25covered +4.5Model cfb_best · uncertainty ±15.5 · run Sep 19, 10:05 AM EDT · froze at kickoff and graded as-is