Final
PRES 3 · MER 62
ML W
our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
MoneylineMER to win logged
ours 73%
Our number: MER by 4.3 — MER to win.
Projected score
24–35
PRES – MER
2026-09-05 · 6:00 PM
Five Star Stadium · Macon, GA
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Mercer lead
4–2
· 6 meetings since 1934
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Mercer Bears
69 ranks
Presbyterian Blue Hose #87 rush offense
Mercer Bears #18 run defense
Pass game
edge Presbyterian Blue Hose
183 ranks
Presbyterian Blue Hose #4 pass offense
Mercer Bears #187 pass defense
Run game
edge Presbyterian Blue Hose
81 ranks
Mercer Bears #122 rush offense
Presbyterian Blue Hose #41 run defense
Pass game
even
2 ranks apart
Mercer Bears #13 pass offense
Presbyterian Blue Hose #15 pass defense
Presbyterian Blue Hose
Balanced · 57% run
Ball-control
Mercer Bears
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Presbyterian Blue Hose
DL
Langston Cook
7 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#321 DL
WR
Caleb Johnson
9 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD
#223 WR
QB
Landon Sharpe
551 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#101 QB
WR
Brice Johnson
12 rec · 114 yds
#296 WR
Mercer Bears
DB
Cameron Goggins
8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT
#70 DB
WR
Brayden Smith
17 rec · 284 yds · 1 TD
#66 WR
LB
Jyarius Carter
23 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL
#73 LB
DB
Justin Ferguson
10 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
#151 DB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Presbyterian offense vs Mercer defense-1.6 pts
Mercer offense vs Presbyterian defense+6.6 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.