2026-27 Mercer Strength of Schedule
How tough Mercer’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Nov 5 – Nov 21
- Nov 5@ VT#71
- Nov 7@ DAV#111
- Nov 10@ GASO#172
- Nov 12@ WVU#36
- Nov 18@ PRES#281
- Nov 21CHSO#272
Average opponent rank 157.2
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
- –
- 5 left · 5 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
- –
- 12 left · 7 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
- –
- 13 left · 7 on road
5 of Mercer’s 5 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
SoCon conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Mercer0-0 | – | – | 231 | 213.4 |
 Western Carolina0-0 | – | – | 234 | 214.7 |
 Wofford0-0 | – | – | 243 | 219.0 |
 Tennessee Tech0-0 | – | – | 245 | 219.3 |
 The Citadel0-0 | – | – | 257 | 223.9 |
 UNC Greensboro0-0 | – | – | 264 | 225.2 |
 Samford0-0 | – | – | 269 | 226.9 |
 East Tennessee State0-0 | – | – | 276 | 230.4 |
 VMI0-0 | – | – | 285 | 233.6 |
 Chattanooga0-0 | – | – | 293 | 235.3 |
 Furman0-0 | – | – | 312 | 241.8 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank