Mercer Bears FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Mercer

Bears

Superior

A Overall Grade 95

Reigning Supreme

Juggernaut

Next Up:
vs East Texas A&M, Sat Aug 29

Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Mercer Bears has been rated by Versus for 13 seasons, from 2013-14 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2013-14	10-2	83.3%	#89
2014-15	6-6	50.0%	#90
2015-16	5-6	45.5%	#69
2016-17	6-5	54.5%	#27
2017-18	5-6	45.5%	#37
2018-19	5-6	45.5%	#65
2019-20	3-8	27.3%	#86
2020-21	5-6	45.5%	#64
2021-22	7-3	70.0%	#19
2022-23	7-4	63.6%	#32
2023-24	9-4	69.2%	#14
2024-25	11-3	78.6%	#7
2025-26	9-3	75.0%	#25

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
154	Mercer	9	3	2
231	East Tennessee St	7	5	3
250	Western Carolina	7	5
304	Wofford	6	6	1
311	Furman	6	6
327	Chattanooga	5	7	1
370	The Citadel	4	8	1
508	Samford	1	11	1
592	VMI	1	11

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Presbyterian (10-2) Pioneer	L10-15
Sat Sep 13	vs Wofford (6-6) Southern	W22-21
Sat Sep 20	at The Citadel (4-8) Southern	W38-0
Sat Sep 27	at East Tennessee St (7-5) Southern	W38-34
Sat Oct 4	vs Samford (1-11) Southern	W45-21
Sat Oct 11	at Princeton (3-7) Ivy League	W38-14
Sat Oct 25	vs VMI (1-11) Southern	W62-0
Sat Nov 1	at Furman (6-6) Southern	W52-28
Sat Nov 8	at Western Carolina (7-5) Southern	W49-47
Sat Nov 15	vs Chattanooga (5-7) Southern	W63-17
Sat Nov 22	at Auburn (5-7) (FBS) SEC · FBS	L17-62
Sat Dec 6	vs #9 South Dakota (10-5) (#87 nationally) Missouri Valley	L0-47

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	116	0	0
1	Sep 2	206	0	1	90
2	Sep 7	217	0	1	11
3	Sep 14	206	1	1	11
4	Sep 21	177	2	1	29
5	Sep 28	121	3	1	56
6	Oct 5	122	4	1	1
7	Oct 12	88	5	1	34
8	Oct 19	94	5	1	6
9	Oct 26	122	6	1	28
10	Nov 2	120	7	1	2
11	Nov 9	116	8	1	4
12	Nov 16	109	9	1	7
13	Nov 23	129	9	2	20
14	Nov 30	136	9	2	7
15	Dec 7	154	9	3	18
16	Dec 14	152	9	3	2
17	Dec 21	156	9	3	4
18	Dec 28	154	9	3	2
19	Jan 4	155	9	3	1
20	Jan 10	156	9	3	1
21	Jan 20	154	9	3	2

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