Overview
- Stanford will host Georgia Tech at Stanford Stadium with a 7:30 p.m. PT kickoff on Saturday, Sept. 26, and the game will air on ESPN.
- Both programs enter 1-2 and need a win to avoid falling to 1-3 in conference play, a result that would deepen early-season pressure on coaches and rosters.
- Stanford’s offense has been anemic, producing one touchdown and two field goals over its last 22 possessions and ranking near the bottom nationally in explosive plays and yards allowed.
- Georgia Tech carries momentum from a 44-11 win over Mercer in which Alberto Mendoza threw for 249 yards and three TDs and Justice Haynes rushed for 141 yards and two TDs, even as the Jackets’ run defense has been repeatedly vulnerable.
- Injury reports and odds matter: Stanford listed projected offensive linemen Niki Prongos and Nick Fattig as questionable, Georgia Tech has multiple starters out, and Las Vegas oddsmakers make the Jackets roughly a 4.5-point favorite.