Mercer Bears FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Mercer

Bears

Superior

A- Overall Grade 93

The Favorite

Juggernaut

5-2 Record

71.4% Win %

#21 FCS Rank#143 nat'l

30.6 Pts / Game

W 3 Streak

Next Up:
at Samford, Sat Oct 17

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Mercer Bears has been rated by Versus for 14 seasons, from 2013-14 through 2026-27.

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
2026-27	5-2	71.4%	#21

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
123	Tennessee Tech	5	1	11
124	East Tennessee St	5	2	11
143	Mercer	5	2	67
175	Western Carolina	3	4	9
241	Wofford	4	3	29
256	Chattanooga	4	3	33
317	Furman	2	5	27
391	The Citadel	2	4	7
497	Samford	1	5	7
672	VMI	0	6	11

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs East Texas A&M (2-4) Southland	W23-15
Sat Sep 5	vs Presbyterian (3-3) Pioneer	W62-3
Sat Sep 12	vs Furman (2-5) Southern	L13-20
Sat Sep 19	at Georgia Tech (2-3) (FBS) ACC · FBS	L11-44
Sat Sep 26	at #19 Abilene Christian (3-4) (#139 nationally) UAC	W34-17
Sat Oct 3	at VMI (0-6) Southern	W54-3
Sat Oct 10	vs Western Carolina (3-4) Southern	W17-14