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Bucknell

latest conference era: Patriot

Loaded Seasons11
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2024 | -4.2
Best Finish#207 in 2015
Program Explorer

Program Arc

Win rate shows the results layer. End-of-season power shows the strength layer. A serious history page needs both.

Bars: win rate Line: public power vs average team
100% 50% 0% PWR -4.2 PWR -12.3 2015: 4-7, margin -34, power -5.4, resume 26 / 100, final rank #2072016: 4-7, margin -31, power -7.2, resume 41 / 100, final rank #2322017: 5-6, margin -64, power -9.4, resume 15 / 100, final rank #2522018: 1-10, margin -164, power -12.3, resume 4 / 100, final rank #2672019: 3-8, margin -178, power -7.9, resume 6 / 100, final rank #2452021: 1-10, margin -313, power -10.7, resume 1 / 100, final rank #2852022: 3-8, margin -171, power -8.4, resume 22 / 100, final rank #2892023: 4-7, margin -83, power -5.5, resume 21 / 100, final rank #2562024: 6-6, margin -16, power -4.2, resume 40 / 100, final rank #2392025: 5-7, margin -96, power -5.5, resume 13 / 100, final rank #250 2015: 4-7, margin -34, power -5.4, resume 26 / 100, final rank #207-5.42016: 4-7, margin -31, power -7.2, resume 41 / 100, final rank #232-7.22017: 5-6, margin -64, power -9.4, resume 15 / 100, final rank #252-9.42018: 1-10, margin -164, power -12.3, resume 4 / 100, final rank #267-12.32019: 3-8, margin -178, power -7.9, resume 6 / 100, final rank #245-7.92021: 1-10, margin -313, power -10.7, resume 1 / 100, final rank #285-10.72022: 3-8, margin -171, power -8.4, resume 22 / 100, final rank #289-8.42023: 4-7, margin -83, power -5.5, resume 21 / 100, final rank #256-5.52024: 6-6, margin -16, power -4.2, resume 40 / 100, final rank #239-4.22025: 5-7, margin -96, power -5.5, resume 13 / 100, final rank #250-5.5 20154-720164-720175-620181-1020193-820211-1020223-820234-720246-620255-7

Historical Snapshot

A fast read on what this program usually is, what its peak looks like, and how the latest season compares.

Loaded Seasons 11

The number of fully modeled seasons currently attached to this program.

Program Baseline -5.1

A recent multi-year closing-power average. This is the kind of anchor that should matter in preseason priors.

Current Vs. Baseline -0.4

How the current season's closing power stacks up against the program's recent standard.

Gap To Peak 1.3

How far the current season finished below the strongest loaded team in program history.

Peak Loaded Season 2024 | -4.2

The strongest closing power this program has posted in the loaded archive.

Best Power Since Since 2024

This is the program's best power season since 2024.

Best Resume Since Since 2024

This is the program's best resume season since 2024.

Best Finish 2015 | #207

The highest loaded all-level board finish currently attached to this program.

Best Resume Season 2014 | 55 / 100

The strongest body-of-work season currently attached to this program in the loaded archive.

Current Season Standing Resume #8 | Power #4

Where the current season sits inside this program's loaded history on the two main scales.

Program Percentile Resume 36th | Power 73th

A cleaner fan-facing answer to the question: is this near the top of the program's arc or just another solid year?

Best Record 2014 | 8-3

The cleanest results season in the loaded archive, regardless of whether it was also the strongest by power.

Current Context

The premium fan question is not only "how good is this team?" It is "how good is this season relative to the program I know?"

Current board #233 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 5-7
Program baseline -5.1 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 1.3 How far the latest season sits below the program's strongest loaded team.

Program Signals

The clearest historical takeaways, written for scan speed.

Strongest Loaded Team

2024 Season

Ended at power -4.2, record 6-6, and final loaded-board rank #239.

Best Loaded Resume

2014 Season

Resume 55 / 100 with 8 wins and a 73% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

-1.3 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from -4.2 to -5.5.

Best Record

8-3

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2014, with a margin of +54.

Best Resume Season

2014 | 55 / 100

Latest Vs. Standard

-0.4

Season Explorer

Every loaded season, with conference era attached to the correct year and filters built for the questions fans actually ask.

11 seasons visible
Season Conference Lens Record Final Rank End Power End Resume Margin Season Page
2025 PatriotFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 5-7 #250 -5.5 13 -96 Open season page
2024 PatriotFCS Peak powerStrongest loaded closing power for the program. 6-6 #239 -4.2 40 -16 Program view
2023 PatriotFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 4-7 #256 -5.5 21 -83 Program view
2022 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-8 #289 -8.4 22 -171 Program view
2021 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-10 #285 -10.7 1 -313 Program view
2019 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-8 #245 -7.9 6 -178 Program view
2018 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-10 #267 -12.3 4 -164 Program view
2017 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 5-6 #252 -9.4 15 -64 Program view
2016 PatriotFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 4-7 #232 -7.2 41 -31 Program view
2015 PatriotFCS Best finishHighest loaded final board finish. 4-7 #207 -5.4 26 -34 Program view
2014 PatriotFCS Best resumeBest body-of-work season in the loaded archive. 8-3 #227 -5.9 55 +54 Program view