Western Carolina Catamounts FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Western Carolina

Catamounts

Outstanding

B+ Overall Grade 88

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Dark Horse

3-5 Record

37.5% Win %

#38 FCS Rank#205 nat'l

29.9 Pts / Game

L 2 Streak

Next Up:
at Furman, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Western Carolina's biggest one-week climb this season came in Week 6, a 28-spot surge from No. 50 to No. 22 in the Versus FCS rankings.
Versus grades Western Carolina an offense-driven team: an A- offense (No. 24 in FCS) but only a B defense (No. 46).
Western Carolina's biggest upset this season: a win over Tennessee Tech, which sits at No. 8 in FCS — 30 spots ahead of Western Carolina's own No. 38.

Western Carolina Catamounts has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

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	1-10	9.1%	—
2008-09	3-9	25.0%	—
2009-10	2-9	18.2%	—
2010-11	2-9	18.2%	#86
2011-12	1-10	9.1%	#90
2012-13	1-10	9.1%	#81
2013-14	2-10	16.7%	#94
2014-15	7-5	58.3%	#41
2015-16	7-4	63.6%	#18
2016-17	2-9	18.2%	#71
2017-18	7-5	58.3%	#44
2018-19	3-8	27.3%	#99
2019-20	3-9	25.0%	#98
2020-21	1-8	11.1%	#113
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#55
2022-23	6-5	54.5%	#52
2023-24	7-4	63.6%	#30
2024-25	7-5	58.3%	#41
2025-26	7-5	58.3%	#53
2026-27	3-5	37.5%	#38

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
95	Tennessee Tech	7	1	14
128	East Tennessee St	6	2	10
163	Mercer	6	2	17
172	Chattanooga	5	3	66
205	Western Carolina	3	5	30
223	Wofford	5	3	14
319	The Citadel	2	6	31
359	Furman	2	6	48
381	Samford	2	6	112
623	VMI	0	8	30

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs Eastern Kentucky (3-5) UAC	W45-21
Sun Sep 6	at #10 Campbell (7-1) (#109 nationally) CAA	L19-28
Sat Sep 12	at Cincinnati (5-2) (FBS) Big 12 · FBS	L10-62
Sat Sep 19	vs Presbyterian (4-4) Pioneer	W58-14
Sat Sep 26	at #13 East Tennessee St (6-2) (#128 nationally) Southern	L31-58
Sat Oct 3	vs #8 Tennessee Tech (7-1) (#95 nationally) Southern	W44-20
Sat Oct 10	at #22 Mercer (6-2) (#163 nationally) Southern	L14-17
Sat Oct 24	vs #24 Chattanooga (5-3) (#172 nationally) Southern	L18-41