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26-27 season · Division II

Garbage Time Reality Check

What the scoreboard says a game was, versus what it actually looked like before either team let off the gas. This is an informational second lens built alongside CFB Pirate's live model — it doesn't change any ranking or projection elsewhere on the site. Real play-by-play is required, so this only ever has data for FBS and FCS — D2/D3 will show empty tables below until that changes.

FBSFCSDivision IIDivision III
BIGGEST GARBAGE-TIME SWINGS

FBS/FCS games only (real play-by-play required). The “real” margin is the score at the last moment the game was still genuinely competitive by CFB Pirate's own four-rule garbage-time definition (21+ points inside 10:00, 14+ inside 5:00, 9+ inside 2:00, or 35+ any time after halftime).

DateGameFinal Margin“Real” MarginSwingTrigger
2026-10-03Csu Pueblo beat Adams St.65273830+ point lead after halftime
2026-08-28Northeastern St. beat Delta St.52242830+ point lead after halftime
2026-09-03Harding beat Northwestern Okla.76482830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-03Grand Valley St. beat Wayne St. (MI)66382830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-10Virginia St. beat Livingstone52242830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Western Colo. beat Fort Lewis55272830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Csu Pueblo beat N.M. Highlands60322830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Virginia St. beat Shaw63352830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-24Ashland beat Ky. Wesleyan56282830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-24West Tex. A&M beat Western N.M.55272830+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-10Augustana (SD) beat Concordia-St. Paul55282728+ point lead, 25:00 or less remaining
2026-09-26Western Colo. beat Adams St.49242530+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-03Kutztown beat Shippensburg52282430+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-03Johnson C. Smith beat Bluefield St.51272430+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Chadron St. beat Adams St.69452430+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-24Shippensburg beat Lackawanna52282430+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-24Colorado Mesa beat Adams St.47252230+ point lead after halftime
2026-09-03Carson-Newman beat Thomas (GA) - Naia44232124+ point lead, 20:00 or less remaining
2026-09-26Ut Permian Basin beat Eastern N.M.46252130+ point lead after halftime
2026-09-26Pace beat Saint Anselm41202124+ point lead, 20:00 or less remaining
2026-10-03Northwood beat Ky. Wesleyan45242130+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-10Frostburg St. beat Glenville St.49282130+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Unc Pembroke beat Barton59382130+ point lead after halftime
2026-10-17Saginaw Valley beat Wayne St. (MI)46252124+ point lead, 20:00 or less remaining
2026-10-22Assumption beat Saint Anselm49282130+ point lead after halftime
BIGGEST PADDERS

Teams whose average final margin runs widest compared to their average competitive margin this season (minimum 2 qualifying games).

TeamRaw Avg MarginAdjusted Avg MarginPaddingGames Adjusted
Western Colo.+32.8+21.7+11.24/6
Csu Pueblo+30.0+19.0+11.02/6
Johnson C. Smith+20.6+11.0+9.63/5
Kutztown+34.0+25.3+8.73/6
Harding+30.2+22.0+8.23/6
Augustana (SD)+19.0+11.2+7.83/6
Ashland+11.8+4.8+7.02/6
Davenport+27.8+20.8+7.03/5
Frostburg St.+16.8+9.8+7.02/5
Grand Valley St.+19.3+12.3+7.02/6
CLOSEST TO REALITY

Teams whose scoreboard record already tracks their competitive margin most closely.

TeamRaw Avg MarginAdjusted Avg MarginPaddingGames Adjusted
Bloomsburg+5.7+5.7+0.02/6
Chowan-3.8-3.8+0.02/5
Franklin Pierce+1.5+1.5+0.02/6
Henderson St.+8.7+8.7+0.02/6
Ut Permian Basin-4.7-4.7+0.02/6
Wayne St. (NE)+3.7+3.7+0.02/6
Bemidji St.+2.0+2.2-0.22/5
Sioux Falls+1.0+1.5-0.51/6
Hillsdale+11.2+11.8-0.62/5
Wheeling+3.2+3.8-0.61/5