Mercer vs Samford Odds & Live Scores - October 17, 2026 | The Action Network

Mercer at Samford

11:00 pm • ESPN+

Mercer Bears

31

31 - 21

Samford Bulldogs

21

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Mercer 6-2	-11.5	-15.5-110	o48.5-111	-750
Samford 1-6	u50.5	+15.5-112	u48.5-120	+476

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October 17, 2026

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NCAAF Public Betting

Samford are 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Samford are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Samford are 2-1 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Samford' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Samford' 3 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Samford	5-2	3-0	2-1	1-0	4-2
Mercer	4-4	1-3	3-1	2-4	1-0

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Samford	3-4	2-1	1-2	1-0	2-4
Mercer	4-4	1-3	3-1	3-3	1-0

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Samford	1-6	N/A	N/A	1-0	0-6
Mercer	6-2	N/A	N/A	5-1	1-0

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Oct 10th	@CHT	L 3-19	+11.5 L	U 39.5	CHT +320
Oct 3rd	@UAB	L 14-33	+30.5 W	U 54.5	UAB +2200
Sep 26th	VMI	W 45-7	-15.5 W	O 45.5	SAM -810
Sep 12th	@TNT	L 19-45	+26.5 W	O 48	TNT +1400
Sep 3rd	SIU	L 18-22	+20.5 W	U 53.5	SIU +790

Total

384

Total Yards

350

61

Total Plays

68

6.295081967213115

Yards Per Play

5.147058823529412

Passing

108

YDS

231

16/22

Comps/Atts

22/39

4.909090909090909

YPA

5.923076923076923

0/0

TDs/INTs

1/2

1/0

Sacks/Yards

4/0

Rushing

276

Rush Yards

119

39

Attempts

29

7.076923076923077

YPC

4.103448275862069

3

TDs

1

Turnovers

0

Fumbles Lost

0

0

Interceptions

2

Efficiency

3/3 100%

Redzone

4/4 100%

4/13 0%

3rd Down

5/17 0%

0/0 0%

4th Down

1/2 0%

First Downs

16

Total

19

5

Pass

12

11

Rush

4

Misc

13/127

Penalties/Yards

7/65

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MatchupOverUnder
Mercer 6-2	N/A	N/A
Samford 1-6	N/A	N/A