Mercer

24 teams: eleven conference champions take automatic bids and thirteen are chosen at large. The top eight are seeded and skip the first round. Automatic bid in 21% of runs.

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected	Win prob
1	vs#227East Texas A&M	W23–15	+20.1	86%
1	vs#261Presbyterian	W62–3	+15.9	80%
2	vs#185Furman	L13–20	+21.0	90%
4	at#157Abilene Christian	W34–17	-2.2	45%
5	at#263VMI	W54–3	+28.7	96%
6	vs#180Western Carolina	W17–14	+9.1	71%
7	at#222SamfordWin chance 89% · Margin 20.1	—	+20.1	89%
9	vs#218The CitadelWin chance 91% · Margin 22.4	—	+22.4	91%
10	at#167ChattanoogaWin chance 66% · Margin 6.7	—	+6.7	66%
11	at#146Tennessee TechWin chance 44% · Margin -2.4	—	-2.4	44%
12	vs#168East Tennessee StateWin chance 70% · Margin 8.7	—	+8.7	70%

Roster and position units

Roster mean 73.7 · Offense 71.8 · Defense 75.6

Mean across rated position-depth slots; missing slots excluded. AVR aggregation of vendor player grades, not a vendor-issued team grade.

Mean overall grade of each unit’s top-rated players, as of week 6. Ranks are within FCS.