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Dayton

latest conference era: Pioneer

Loaded Seasons11
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2025 | -0.4
Best Finish#153 in 2025
2026 Season PageCurrent RankingsHistory Hub
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 -0.4 PWR -5.7 2015: 10-2, margin +67, power -5.7, resume 60 / 100, final rank #2142016: 9-2, margin +138, power -2.8, resume 70 / 100, final rank #1712017: 5-6, margin +21, power -5.3, resume 35 / 100, final rank #2082018: 6-5, margin +107, power -4.2, resume 47 / 100, final rank #1962019: 8-3, margin +86, power -3.8, resume 50 / 100, final rank #1952021: 6-4, margin +10, power -4.2, resume 37 / 100, final rank #2312022: 8-3, margin +66, power -2.7, resume 49 / 100, final rank #2052023: 4-7, margin +0, power -2.4, resume 16 / 100, final rank #2022024: 6-5, margin +35, power -3.0, resume 29 / 100, final rank #2122025: 7-4, margin +115, power -0.4, resume 55 / 100, final rank #153 2015: 10-2, margin +67, power -5.7, resume 60 / 100, final rank #214-5.72016: 9-2, margin +138, power -2.8, resume 70 / 100, final rank #171-2.82017: 5-6, margin +21, power -5.3, resume 35 / 100, final rank #208-5.32018: 6-5, margin +107, power -4.2, resume 47 / 100, final rank #196-4.22019: 8-3, margin +86, power -3.8, resume 50 / 100, final rank #195-3.82021: 6-4, margin +10, power -4.2, resume 37 / 100, final rank #231-4.22022: 8-3, margin +66, power -2.7, resume 49 / 100, final rank #205-2.72023: 4-7, margin +0, power -2.4, resume 16 / 100, final rank #202-2.42024: 6-5, margin +35, power -3.0, resume 29 / 100, final rank #212-3.02025: 7-4, margin +115, power -0.4, resume 55 / 100, final rank #153-0.4 201510-220169-220175-620186-520198-320216-420228-320234-720246-520257-4

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 -1.9

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

Current Vs. Baseline +1.5

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

Gap To Peak 0.0

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

Peak Loaded Season 2025 | -0.4

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

Best Power Since Best loaded season

No earlier loaded season beat the current closing power.

Best Resume Since Since 2016

This is the program's best resume season since 2016.

Best Finish 2025 | #153

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

Best Resume Season 2016 | 70 / 100

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

Current Season Standing Resume #3 | Power #1

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

Program Percentile Resume 82th | Power 100th

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 2015 | 10-2

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 #177 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 7-4
Program baseline -1.9 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 0.0 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

2025 Season

Ended at power -0.4, record 7-4, and final loaded-board rank #153.

Best Loaded Resume

2016 Season

Resume 70 / 100 with 9 wins and a 82% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

+2.6 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from -3.0 to -0.4.

Best Record

10-2

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2015, with a margin of +67.

Best Resume Season

2016 | 70 / 100

The strongest body-of-work season in the loaded archive for this program.

Latest Vs. Standard

+1.5

Positive means the latest season closed above the program's recent baseline. Negative means it finished below the standard.

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 PioneerFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 7-4 #153 -0.4 55 +115 Open season page
2024 PioneerFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 6-5 #212 -3.0 29 +35 Program view
2023 PioneerFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 4-7 #202 -2.4 16 +0 Program view
2022 PioneerFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 8-3 #205 -2.7 49 +66 Program view
2021 PioneerFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 6-4 #231 -4.2 37 +10 Program view
2019 PioneerFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 8-3 #195 -3.8 50 +86 Program view
2018 PioneerFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 6-5 #196 -4.2 47 +107 Program view
2017 PioneerFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 5-6 #208 -5.3 35 +21 Program view
2016 PioneerFCS Best resumeBest body-of-work season in the loaded archive. 9-2 #171 -2.8 70 +138 Program view
2015 PioneerFCS Best recordCleanest win-loss season in the loaded archive. 10-2 #214 -5.7 60 +67 Program view
2014 PioneerFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 7-3 #222 -5.6 44 +73 Program view