2016 South Alabama

• Biggest upsetBeat No. 19 San Diego State 42–⁠24Oct 1

  San Diego State was ranked No. 19 and favored to win.

• Most excitingLost to UL Monroe 35–⁠42Nov 5

  The win probability swung the most, by CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 3	atMississippi State	W 21–⁠20		18%
Sep 10	vsGeorgia Southern	L 9–⁠24		40%
Sep 17	atLouisiana	L 23–⁠28		41%
Sep 24	vsNicholls	W 41–⁠40		79%
Oct 1	vs19San Diego State	W 42–⁠24		23%
Oct 15	atArkansas State	L 7–⁠17		41%
Oct 20	vsTroy	L 21–⁠28		45%
Oct 29	vsGeorgia State	W 13–⁠10		57%
Nov 5	atUL Monroe	L 35–⁠42		58%
Nov 19	vsPresbyterian	W 31–⁠7		83%
Nov 26	atIdaho	L 31–⁠38		39%
Dec 3	vsNew Mexico State	W 35–⁠28		70%
Dec 30Bowls & playoff	vsAir ForceArizona Bowl	L 21–⁠45		25%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Offense70th of 128
• Defense64th of 128
• Offense, opponent-adjusted76th of 128
• Defense, opponent-adjusted89th of 128

CORE rating -12.6, 110th of 128 (offense -3.4, defense 9.2).

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.

118 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2016 line; 56 have a stat line. See the roster

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
App State	7–⁠1	10–⁠3
Arkansas State	7–⁠1	8–⁠5
Troy	6–⁠2	10–⁠3
Idaho	6–⁠2	9–⁠4
Louisiana	5–⁠3	6–⁠7
Georgia Southern	4–⁠4	5–⁠7
UL Monroe	3–⁠5	4–⁠8
South Alabama	2–⁠6	6–⁠7
New Mexico State	2–⁠6	3–⁠9
Georgia State	2–⁠6	3–⁠9
Texas State	0–⁠8	2–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.