WHERE TO WATCH
Kickoff – 1:00 PM CT, Nov 22nd 2025
Watch – Tubi+ Probably
Listen – Auburn Website
Gamecast – ESPN
TEAM HISTORY
There’s very little history to discuss. At one point, they were known as the Mercer Baptists, if that tells you anything. Maybe not?
Whatever.
They call themselves the bears, but they’re from Macon, Ga, which at first thought doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Are there black bears in Macon? According to Google, maybe!
They reinstated their football in 2013 after a 72-year hiatus that followed WWII. Since then, they’ve been a middling Southern Conference team.
SERIES HISTORY
As you’d expect, the series record favors Auburn with 13 wins and 0 losses. The two teams have only met twice in my life, back in 2017 when Jarrett Stidham (from Texas) was quarterbacking and Kam Pettway (a large person) scored 3 TDs en route to a 24-10 win. It was too close on the scoreboard, but Auburn fumbled like 3 times inside the 20. Auburn also played Mercer in 2022 in what was a 42-16 rout.
WHAT TO WATCH
We’re resting Ashton Daniels to save his redshirt. If you don’t like it then go argue with a wall.
Deuce Knight and Jackson Arnold will both get a chance to play and that should be fun to watch!
Mercer is no slouch this year. They’re first in their conference and boast a 9-1 record. They score A LOT of points (avg. over 40 points per game). Our defense might have its hands full more than we’d like to expect.
PREDICTION
We won’t stop them from scoring, but hopefully our offense will repeat the production it saw against Vanderbilt.
Auburn – 38, Mercer – 24
