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Index · this season
53
▲ Above its 5-year level +8
Career45since 1936
Peak602025
Last 545seasons
#115 nationally · 1-4 (0-1 conf)
Résumé #132 · better than its record
Schedule so far #98
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
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Kennesaw State Owls

Conference USA · Kennesaw, GA · Fifth Third Stadium · Head coach Jerry Mack
Rival
Building rivalry
4-4 all time (8 meetings since 2017)
Series tied
Last: lost 27-26 (2026)
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19360AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19360All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 19670NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193637.7%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 2024. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 56: typical56
Chem 61: typical
61Foundation
Chem 48: warning zone
48Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▲ Above its norm +5
early · #77 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters32%
QB yrs w/ OC1
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Team chemistryearly · #77 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 61: typicalFoundation61+Chem 48: warning zoneGel48=Chem 56: typicalChem56Gel counts 40% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation61Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability56Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity58Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion54Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration72Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment60Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base73
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
56
Staff cohesion56
HC year 2 · OC year 2 · DC year 2
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
58
Returning core60
32% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience57
11 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
54
QB & coordinator55
1st season together · same as 76% of FBS teams
QB & receivers51
3.2 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion59
4.8 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion50
3.9 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
72
AD continuity72
Milton Overton · year 8 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
60
Football's share51
27% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend91
+111% over three years
Football investment38
$11.5M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend32
$0.48M men's recruiting
Department resources45
$42M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
73
Crowds73
home crowds at 97% of capacity (2025)

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel48Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts51Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp55Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood38Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security48
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
51
This season51
-3 points a game vs its preseason projection (4 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
55
This season55
82% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
38
This season38
outside the AP poll: projected #115 preseason -> #115 in our Index now · lost to rival Jacksonville State 27-26 (-10) · results 1-4 (-10, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
48
This season48
Jerry Mack, year 2 · 20% wins so far · -3.0 pts a game vs preseason expectation

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'2460'2542'262024 wk 2 vs Louisiana: 58 · L2024 wk 3 vs San José State: 58 · L2024 wk 5 vs UT Martin: 60 · L2024 wk 6 vs Jacksonville State: 59 · L2024 wk 8 vs Middle Tennessee: 59 · L2024 wk 9 vs Liberty: 57 · W2024 wk 10 vs Western Kentucky: 59 · L2024 wk 11 vs UTEP: 59 · L2024 wk 12 vs Sam Houston: 61 · L2024 wk 13 vs Florida International: 60 · W2024 wk 14 vs Louisiana Tech: 60 · L2025 wk 2 vs Indiana: 44 · L2025 wk 3 vs Merrimack: 46 · W2025 wk 4 vs Arkansas State: 33 · W2025 wk 5 vs Middle Tennessee: 35 · W2025 wk 7 vs Louisiana Tech: 46 · W2025 wk 9 vs Florida International: 45 · W2025 wk 10 vs UTEP: 46 · W2025 wk 11 vs New Mexico State: 44 · W2025 wk 12 vs Jacksonville State: 45 · L2025 wk 13 vs Missouri State: 46 · W2025 wk 14 vs Liberty: 46 · W2025 wk 15 vs Jacksonville State: 44 · W2025 wk 1 vs Western Michigan: 42 · L2026 wk 2 vs Georgia State: 63 · L2026 wk 3 vs Tennessee: 64 · L2026 wk 4 vs Arkansas State: 60 · L2026 wk 6 vs Jacksonville State: 63 · L2026 wk 7 vs Missouri State: 62 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 2 vs Georgia State · L · on-field 63 · fan mood 44562wk 3 vs Tennessee · L · on-field 55 · fan mood 50533wk 4 vs Arkansas State · L · on-field 61 · fan mood 47564wk 6 vs Jacksonville State · L · on-field 54 · fan mood 38486

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 2
at this school
Offensive coordinator
Year 2
at this school
Defensive coordinator
Year 2
at this school
HC & OC together
2 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
1 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
3.3 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
4.8 games
started together, average
Returning starters
32%
from last season
Starter experience
11 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
Milton Overton
year 8
Football spending
$11.5M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+111%
over three years
Department revenue
$42M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$0.48M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
—
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Collins
Woods
Gary
Dean
Munroe
Jesiolowski
Guevara
Lee
Milovac
Neals
Wallace
QBRickie Collins52155255524
RBBoogie Woods III22122122221
WRDylan Gary11111111111
WRNavelle Dean52185255524
WRBrayden Munroe52155255524
TEReed Jesiolowski21122222212
OLMateo Guevara52155255524
OLJaDarious Lee5215525191924
OLNikola Milovac5215525191924
OLDarius Neals22122122221
OLMike Wallace Jr.41144244414

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Patterson
Grimes
Cooper
Hopson
Greaves
Christopher
Miller
Jones
Fisher
Evans
Lawson
DLMarcus Patterson19651811238336
DLJaiden Grimes69551634335
DLJackson Cooper55541533335
LBBaron Hopson18542111128225
LBJeremy Greaves Jr.11111111111
LBTywon Christopher12651111237336
DBCam Miller33321332333
DBKody Jones84381728223
DBPerry Fisher33321332333
DBLuke Evans33321332333
DBTay'vion Lawson65551633336

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →