Samford Bulldogs FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Samford

Bulldogs

Good

D+ Overall Grade 67

Ice Cold

Brutal Schedule

Next Up:
North Alabama, Sat Aug 29

Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Samford Bulldogs has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

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

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-7	36.4%	—
2008-09	6-5	54.5%	—
2009-10	5-6	45.5%	—
2010-11	4-7	36.4%	#55
2011-12	6-5	54.5%	#24
2012-13	7-4	63.6%	#23
2013-14	8-5	61.5%	#33
2014-15	7-4	63.6%	#30
2015-16	6-5	54.5%	#45
2016-17	7-5	58.3%	#19
2017-18	8-4	66.7%	#12
2018-19	6-5	54.5%	#44
2019-20	5-7	41.7%	#67
2020-21	4-3	57.1%	#54
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#62
2022-23	11-2	84.6%	#5
2023-24	6-5	54.5%	#41
2024-25	4-7	36.4%	#68
2025-26	1-11	8.3%	#113

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
Thu Aug 28	vs #20 West Georgia (8-3) (#141 nationally) UAC	L3-34
Sat Sep 6	vs The Citadel (4-8) Southern	L13-40
Sat Sep 13	at Baylor (5-7) (FBS) Big 12 · FBS	L7-42
Sat Sep 20	at Western Carolina (7-5) Southern	L35-50
Sat Sep 27	vs Furman (6-6) Southern	L13-31
Sat Oct 4	at #25 Mercer (9-3) (#154 nationally) Southern	L21-45
Sat Oct 18	at VMI (1-11) Southern	W24-22
Sat Oct 25	vs Chattanooga (5-7) Southern	L13-49
Sat Nov 1	at Wofford (6-6) Southern	L16-26
Sat Nov 8	vs East Tennessee St (7-5) Southern	L14-38
Sat Nov 15	at Austin Peay (7-5) UAC	L16-30
Sat Nov 22	at Texas A&M (11-2) (FBS) SEC · FBS	L0-48

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	261	0	0
1	Sep 2	307	0	1	46
2	Sep 7	373	0	2	66
3	Sep 14	371	0	3	2
4	Sep 21	467	0	4	96
5	Sep 28	496	0	5	29
6	Oct 5	502	0	6	6
7	Oct 12	441	0	6	61
8	Oct 19	459	1	6	18
9	Oct 26	477	1	7	18
10	Nov 2	505	1	8	28
11	Nov 9	507	1	9	2
12	Nov 16	503	1	10	4
13	Nov 23	503	1	11
14	Nov 30	511	1	11	8
15	Dec 7	512	1	11	1
16	Dec 14	509	1	11	3
17	Dec 21	513	1	11	4
18	Dec 28	511	1	11	2
19	Jan 4	510	1	11	1
20	Jan 10	509	1	11	1
21	Jan 20	508	1	11	1

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