Berry College11-2D3 TOP 25 #9The Vikings of Mount Berry, Georgia, who launched football in 2013 and rose fast — multiple Southern Athletic Association titles and repeated NCAA playoff trips, played at Valhalla Stadium on the world's largest college campus.
Berry only started football in 2013 and already owns multiple conference titles and playoff trips — yet still gets filed as a new, unproven program.
The Vikings sharpen their axes.
Berry College · Next-Season Outcome Band
Berry College · Next-Season Outcome BandFloor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 5
vs Huntingdon · away
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · at Huntingdon · Sat Sep 5 · 23:00 UTC
The Vikings of Mount Berry, Georgia, who launched football in 2013 and rose fast — multiple Southern Athletic Association titles and repeated NCAA playoff trips, played at Valhalla Stadium on the world's largest college campus.
Berry College sits 1st in the Southern Athletic Conference and 9th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berry | 7-0 | 11-2 | 71.0 |
| 2 | Trinity (TX) | 5-2 | 10-2 | 67.5 |
| 3 | Centre | 4-2 | 5-5 | 55.0 |
| 4 | Millsaps | 4-3 | 6-4 | 55.2 |
| 5 | Hendrix College | 1-1 | 6-4 | 50.2 |
| 6 | Southwestern U | 2-4 | 4-6 | 47.7 |
| 7 | Sewanee | 1-5 | 3-7 | 44.4 |
| 8 | Rhodes | 0-7 | 1-9 | 36.2 |
Win the Southern Athletic Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.
Signature win 48-0 over LaGrange; toughest day 13-21 against John Carroll.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Berry College
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | #374 | — | — | Huntingdon | W 58–28 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #449 | #409 | — | @LaGrange | W 48–0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #451 | #464 | — | @Carnegie Mellon | L 9–17 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #463 | #611 | — | Rhodes | W 54–14 | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #457 | #443 | — | Trinity (TX) | W 29–6 | 4-1 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #438 | #585 | — | @Sewanee | W 44–7 | 5-1 | 3-0 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #435 | #501 | — | Millsaps | W 43–20 | 6-1 | 4-0 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #430 | #513 | — | @Centre | W 31–13 | 7-1 | 5-0 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #427 | #407 | — | Maryville (TN) | W 36–7 | 8-1 | 5-0 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #390 | #542 | — | @Southwestern U | W 49–7 | 9-1 | 6-0 |
| Conference Championship | ||||||||
| 14 | Nov 29 | #390 | #403 | — | LaGrange | W 18–14 | 10-1 | 6-0 |
| 15 | Dec 6 | #393 | #401 | — | @Trinity (TX) | W 31–23 | 11-1 | 7-0 |
| 1 | Dec 13 | #470 | #463 | — | @John Carroll | L 13–21 | 11-2 | 7-0 |
Home-Field Advantage · Berry College · 2018-present
Average
81% home win rate vs 77% on the road. margin runs +2.6 better at home. Valhalla Stadium seats 2,500.
75°F average kickoff temp; 0% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 22 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
35-10
since 2013 · 5 seasons · .777 win rate
Moment of the Year · Berry College · 2025
Moment of the Year · Berry College · 2025Won 58-28 vs Huntingdon
Week 2 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.