Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Conference USAJacksonville, ALAmFirst Stadium
2026: 5–2 (3–0 Conference USA). Last: beat Florida International 27–24 at home. Next: at New Mexico State, Wednesday, Oct 28, 8 p.m. ET.
- L 7–33at North Dakota State
- W 49–7Eastern Kentucky
- L 27–29at Ohio
- W 31–27Georgia Southern
- W 23–13Middle Tennessee
- W 27–26at Kennesaw State
- W 27–24Florida International
- Oct 28at New Mexico State
- Nov 7Sam Houston
- Nov 14at Western Kentucky
- Nov 21Missouri State
- Nov 28at Delaware
- Outfitted by Adidas
- Sudler Trophy, 2022
Jacksonville State has played football since 1904 and is officially 630–433–39; 298 of its 1,102 games are in our file. They have won 10 Gulf South Conference titles (the last in 1992), plus nine Ohio Valley Conference titles, five Alabama Collegiate Conference titles, one Conference USA title, one Atlantic Sun Conference title, counting shared titles. Rich Rodriguez (2023–2024) won more games here than any other coach: 18. The most-played rival is Chattanooga: 21 meetings, Jacksonville State leads 13–8. This season, under Charles Kelly, they’re 5–2.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 630–433–39 official; 193–105 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 3–2 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1542 59th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 95 · Composite No. 89 in FBS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 26 last in 2024
- Bowl record
- 2–1 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 46 since 1909, 298 games
Identity
- Mascot
- Cocky
- Apparel
- Adidas
- Band
- The Marching Southerners since 1956, 536 members
2026 season 5–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at North Dakota State | L 7–33 | 39% |
| Sep 5 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 49–7 | 83% |
| Sep 12 | at Ohio | L 27–29 | 37% |
| Sep 19 | vs Georgia Southern | W 31–27 | 59% |
| Sep 26 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 23–13 | 74% |
| Oct 7 | at Kennesaw State | W 27–26 | 56% |
| Oct 13 | vs Florida International | W 27–24 | 65% |
| Oct 28 | at New Mexico State | Preview | 67% |
| Nov 7 | vs Sam Houston | Preview | 82% |
| Nov 14 | at Western Kentucky | Preview | 52% |
| Nov 21 | vs Missouri State | Preview | 76% |
| Nov 28 | at Delaware | Preview | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–31- 20273 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
- at Indiana
- at UAB
- South Alabama
- 20292 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20313 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
Jacksonville State’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 6, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- Caden Creel1,637 passing yards, 12 TD (leads Jacksonville State in passing yards)
- Deondre Johnson22 catches, 431 yards, 3 TD (leads Jacksonville State in receiving yards)
- Caleb Nix43 tackles, 2 INT (leads Jacksonville State in tackles)
- Jamill Williams24 catches, 257 yards, 5 TD (leads Jacksonville State in receiving touchdowns)
- Lucas Farrington191 rushing yards, 1 TD
- Morven Joseph33 tackles
Around the program
- Apparel
- Adidas · Single source
- CFB Uniform Database; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Cocky · Official source
- Jacksonville State University; read 2026-10-10
- Jax State News; read 2026-10-10
- The Chanticleer; read 2026-10-10
- College Sports Network; read 2026-10-10
- Offensive coordinator
- Taylor Housewright · Official source
- Jacksonville State University Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Defensive coordinator
- Brian Williams · Official source
- jaxstatesports.com; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Adidas, from June 2017. Five-year extension signed in 2017. A 2017 extension ran through the 2021-22 season. The current term hasn't been confirmed here.
- Jacksonville State Athletics, May 18, 2017: Five-year extension, June 2017 through the 2021-22 season
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 1909
Best seasons everMore coverage
- Garrison Rippa nails go-ahead field goal to help Jacksonville State edge FIU 27-24, leadertelegram.com,
- Florida International vs. Jacksonville State Oct. 13: TV, Stream, iheart.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Charles Kelly | 2025–2026 | 14–7 |
| Rod Smith | 2024 | 0–1 |
 Rich Rodriguez | 2023–2024 | 18–8 |
| John Grass | 2021 | 4–5 |
| Maxwell Thurmond | 2021 | 1–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Chattanooga
13–8 in 21
- 2007 W 33–19
- 2008 W 31–3
- 2010 W 21–17
- 2011 L 17–38
- 2012 W 27–24
- 2014 W 26–23
- 2015 W 23–20
- 2015 W 41–35
- 2017 W 27–13
- 2019 W 41–20
Won the last six.
- Eastern Kentucky
11–8 in 19
- 2012 L 21–51
- 2014 W 20–6
- 2015 W 34–0
- 2016 W 24–7
- 2017 W 41–25
- 2018 W 56–7
- 2019 L 23–29
- 2021 L 31–39
- 2022 W 42–17
- 2026 W 49–7
Won the last two.
- Murray State
18–1 in 19
- 2012 W 38–35
- 2014 W 52–28
- 2015 W 42–20
- 2016 W 33–15
- 2017 W 59–23
- 2018 W 42–15
- 2019 W 14–12
- 2020 W 28–14
- 2022 W 34–3
- 2025 W 45–10
Won the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | JXST record |
|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga | 21 | 13–8 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 19 | 11–8 |
| Murray State | 19 | 18–1 |
| UT Martin | 18 | 13–5 |
| Tennessee Tech | 17 | 13–4 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 16 | 13–3 |
| Eastern Illinois | 16 | 12–4 |
| Tennessee State | 14 | 13–1 |
Rivals the program names: Kennesaw State, Troy, Samford.
Every opponent (75)
Every program Jacksonville State has played, A to Z, with Jacksonville State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 1–0
- Alabama A&M 3–0
- Alabama State 0–1
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas State 1–1
- Auburn 0–1
- Austin Peay 10–2
- Birmingham-Southern 0–2
- Central Arkansas 1–1
- Charleston Southern 1–0
- Chattanooga 13–8
- Coastal Carolina 1–2
- Davidson 2–0
- Delaware 1–1
- East Tennessee State 2–0
- Eastern Illinois 12–4
- Eastern Kentucky 11–8
- Eastern Michigan 1–1
- Eastern Washington 1–0
- Emporia State 1–0
- Florida 0–1
- Florida International 4–1
- Florida State 1–2
- Furman 0–3
- Georgia Southern 1–1
- Georgia State 3–0
- Georgia Tech 0–3
- Jacksonville 1–0
- Kansas 0–1
- Kennesaw State 4–4
- Kentucky 0–1
- Lamar 1–0
- Liberty 4–1
- Louisiana 2–0
- Louisiana Tech 2–0
- Louisville 0–1
- LSU 0–1
- Maine 0–1
- Memphis 0–1
- Mercer 1–0
- Michigan State 0–1
- Middle Tennessee 4–0
- Mississippi State 0–2
- Mississippi Valley State 2–0
- Murray State 18–1
- New Mexico State 1–1
- Nicholls 2–0
- North Alabama 5–1
- North Carolina A&T 0–1
- North Dakota State 0–2
- Ohio 0–2
- Ole Miss 1–0
- Sam Houston 4–2
- Samford 6–6
- SE Louisiana 0–2
- Sewanee 0–2
- South Carolina 0–1
- South Florida 0–1
- Southeast Missouri State 13–3
- Southern Miss 1–1
- Stephen F. Austin 2–0
- Tennessee State 13–1
- Tennessee Tech 13–4
- Troy 1–1
- Tulsa 0–1
- UAB 0–4
- UCF 0–1
- UL Monroe 1–1
- UT Martin 13–5
- UTEP 2–0
- West Alabama 1–0
- Western Carolina 1–0
- Western Kentucky 3–1
- Wofford 0–1
- Youngstown State 0–1
Conference titles
26, counting shared titles- Conference USA 1
- 2024
- Atlantic Sun Conference 1
- 2022 (shared)
- Alabama Collegiate Conference 5
- 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1904–1937
- Gulf South Conference 1970–1992
- Independent 1993–1995
- Southland Conference 1996–2002
- OVC 2003–2020
- AWC 2021
- Atlantic Sun Conference 2022
- Conference USA since 2023
- 2003Joined the OVC from the Southland Conference in football. Source
- 2021Joined the Atlantic Sun Conference from the OVC, announced January 29, 2021. Source
- 2023Joined Conference USA from the Atlantic Sun Conference, announced November 5, 2021. Source
Jacksonville State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Led the nation 2
| 2025 | Cam Cook rushing yards (1,659 yds) |
| 2025 | Deondre Johnson yards per catch (24.1) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 6 since 1971
- First-round picks
- 0
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
Jacksonville State University- Enrollment
- 9,955 8,663 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Jacksonville, Alabama
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1883
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $45,235 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @JaxStateFBInstagram @jaxstatefbFacebook jaxstatefb
- Athletics department
- X @JSUGamecocksInstagram @jsugamecocksFacebook jsugamecocks
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones jaxstatesports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–2 | 3–0 | Charles Kelly | 1542 | -2.4 | ||
| 2025 | 9–5 | 7–1 | Charles Kelly | 1535 | -6.7 | ||
| 2024 | 9–5 | 7–1 | Rich Rodriguez, Rod Smith | 1597 | -1.0 | ||
| 2023 | 9–4 | 6–2 | Rich Rodriguez | 1522 | -1.6 | ||
| 2022 | 9–2 | 5–0 | 1499 | ||||
| 2021 | 5–6 | 0–3 | John Grass, Maxwell Thurmond | 1337 | |||
| 2020 | 10–3 | 1448 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–6 | 3–5 | 1312 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1450 | ||||
| 2017 | 10–2 | 8–0 | 1528 | ||||
| 2016 | 10–2 | 7–0 | 1534 | ||||
| 2015 | 13–2 | 8–0 | 1586 | ||||
| 2014 | 10–2 | 8–0 | 1496 | ||||
| 2013 | 3–0 | 1419 | |||||
| 2012 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1373 | ||||
| 2011 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1381 | ||||
| 2010 | 9–3 | 6–2 | 1413 | ||||
| 2009 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1483 | ||||
| 2008 | 8–3 | 6–2 | 1415 | ||||
| 2007 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 1292 | ||||
| 2006 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1353 | ||||
| 2005 | 6–5 | 6–2 | 1389 | ||||
| 2004 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1447 | ||||
| 2003 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1413 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1260 |
Every season back to 1909 (21 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1–1 | 1258 | |||||
| 2000 | 1–1 | 1230 | |||||
| 1997 | 0–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–2 | 1133 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1145 | |||||
| 1994 | 1–0 | 1171 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–1 | 1143 | |||||
| 1980 | 0–1 | 1143 | |||||
| 1978 | 0–1 | 1145 | |||||
| 1977 | 1–1 | 1146 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–1 | 1124 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–0 | 1127 | |||||
| 1974 | 0–1 | 1069 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1066 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1058 | |||||
| 1924 | 1–2 | 1045 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | 1037 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–2 | 1051 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | 1056 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1065 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1 | 1072 |
Officially 630–433–39 since 1904 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 193–105 (298 of its 1,102 games are on file). Our file starts in 1909; the program began in 1904. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1910–11, 1913–20, 1925–29, 1932–73, 1979, 1982–93, 1998–99: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.