Mercer routs Presbyterian 62-3
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Mercer routed Presbyterian 62-3. Share this game
We had Mercer favored. It won.
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Mercer a 59% chance, and the closing betting line (Mercer was a 22.5-point favorite) put it at 97%.
Mercer 62-3 Presbyterian
Mercer wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Presbyterian 3-62 MercerPresbyterian lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Mercer -22.5), at 95% for Mercer (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores.Every drive
Mercer scored on 9 of its 12 drives; Presbyterian on 1 of its 11.
Mercer’s drives are teal, Presbyterian’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
Mercer 62, Presbyterian 3
Mercer covered −22.5 by 36.5. The total, 65, went over 54.5.
Presbyterian leaders
- Passing Landon Sharpe 17 of 29, 184 yds
- Rushing Landon Sharpe 13 for 55 yds; Jayden Torres 4 for 31 yds
- Receiving Brice Johnson 7 for 83 yds; Caleb Johnson 2 for 41 yds
Mercer leaders
- Passing Jaylen King 12 of 15, 236 yds, 4 TD
- Rushing Devon Caldwell 11 for 152 yds, 1 TD; Zahmari Palode-Gary 7 for 57 yds
- Receiving Brayden Smith 5 for 132 yds, 1 TD; Eric Rasheed 2 for 38 yds, 1 TD
Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Presbyterian · 10-2
Rated 156th in our preseason ratings, 156th now.
2-1 in its last three, including a 14-point win over St. Thomas (MN) as a 5.5-point underdog.
W 29-25 vs Marist #212 of 667
won by 4 as a 17.5-point favorite
W 23-9 @ St. Thomas (MN) #137 of 667
won by 14 as a 5.5-point underdog
L 13-14 @ Davidson #256 of 667
lost by 1 as a 22.5-point favorite
W 43-14 vs Valparaiso #274 of 667
won by 29 as a 31.5-point favorite
L 19-35 @ Dayton #163 of 667
lost by 16 as an 8.5-point favorite
W 42-7 vs Stetson #269 of 667
won by 35 as a 34.5-point favorite
W 31-25 @ Butler #216 of 667
won by 6 as a 10.5-point favorite
W 41-0 vs Morehead State #262 of 667
won by 41 as a 23.5-point favorite
W 76-3 vs BLUEFIELD
W 42-14 vs Erskine #424 of 667
W 39-38 @ Furman #221 of 667
won by 1 as an 8.5-point underdog
W 15-10 @ Mercer #150 of 667
won by 5 as a 22.5-point underdog
Last three games · 2025 season
Mercer · 9-3
Rated 169th in our preseason ratings, 169th now.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 0-47 vs South Dakota #84 of 667
L 17-62 @ AuburnTop 25 #18 of 667
lost by 45 as a 26.5-point underdog
W 63-17 vs Chattanooga #193 of 667
won by 46 as a 15.5-point favorite
W 49-47 @ Western Carolina #153 of 667
won by 2 as an 8-point favorite
W 52-28 @ Furman #212 of 667
won by 24 as a 15.5-point favorite
W 62-0 vs VMI #263 of 667
won by 62 as a 27.5-point favorite
W 38-14 @ Princeton #228 of 667
won by 24 as a 9.5-point favorite
W 45-21 vs Samford #231 of 667
W 38-34 @ East Tennessee State #148 of 667
won by 4 as a 2-point favorite
W 38-0 @ The Citadel #232 of 667
won by 38 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 22-21 vs Wofford #197 of 667
won by 1 as a 10.5-point favorite
L 10-15 vs Presbyterian #212 of 667
lost by 5 as a 22.5-point favorite
Week by week
Mercer
- Wk 1Wvs East Texas A&M23-15
Presbyterian
- Wk 1Wvs UVA Wise47-37
The series
Mercer leads the series 4-2
6 meetings since 1934 · Presbyterian won the last meeting
- 2025Presbyterian 15-10
- 2024Mercer 63-10
- 2019Mercer 45-7
- 1936Mercer 19-7
- 1935Mercer 14-7
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Mercer’s chances here.
Mercer favored by 22.5 · Total 54.5
How games like this usually go
Mercer by 22.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 1 point toward Mercer.
The total fell 2 points.
Spread: −21.5 → −22.5 · Total: 56.5 → 54.5
The books’ cut: 5.3%, the margin built into the odds
Home field
Home-field advantage: Bottom third of FBS.
0% at home, 0% on the road against FBS opponents (0-0 home, 0-11 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +1.3 at home vs. away over 55 games — inside the ±8.9 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 153 miles to get here.