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East Tennessee State

latest conference era: Southern

Loaded Seasons10
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2021 | +1.2
Best Finish#122 in 2021
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 +1.2 PWR -11.8 2015: 2-9, margin -236, power -11.8, resume 6 / 100, final rank #2592016: 5-6, margin -134, power -10.7, resume 11 / 100, final rank #2582017: 4-7, margin -102, power -10.1, resume 25 / 100, final rank #2532018: 8-4, margin -5, power -4.8, resume 63 / 100, final rank #2132019: 3-9, margin -73, power -5.2, resume 10 / 100, final rank #2162021: 11-2, margin +130, power +1.2, resume 86 / 100, final rank #1222022: 3-8, margin -13, power -3.6, resume 30 / 100, final rank #2212023: 3-8, margin -150, power -4.8, resume 9 / 100, final rank #2462024: 7-5, margin +81, power -1.0, resume 57 / 100, final rank #1662025: 7-5, margin +44, power +0.9, resume 52 / 100, final rank #137 2015: 2-9, margin -236, power -11.8, resume 6 / 100, final rank #259-11.82016: 5-6, margin -134, power -10.7, resume 11 / 100, final rank #258-10.72017: 4-7, margin -102, power -10.1, resume 25 / 100, final rank #253-10.12018: 8-4, margin -5, power -4.8, resume 63 / 100, final rank #213-4.82019: 3-9, margin -73, power -5.2, resume 10 / 100, final rank #216-5.22021: 11-2, margin +130, power +1.2, resume 86 / 100, final rank #122+1.22022: 3-8, margin -13, power -3.6, resume 30 / 100, final rank #221-3.62023: 3-8, margin -150, power -4.8, resume 9 / 100, final rank #246-4.82024: 7-5, margin +81, power -1.0, resume 57 / 100, final rank #166-1.02025: 7-5, margin +44, power +0.9, resume 52 / 100, final rank #137+0.9 20152-920165-620174-720188-420193-9202111-220223-820233-820247-520257-5

Historical Snapshot

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

Loaded Seasons 10

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

Program Baseline -1.6

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

Current Vs. Baseline +2.5

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

Gap To Peak 0.3

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

Peak Loaded Season 2021 | +1.2

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

Best Power Since Since 2021

This is the program's best power season since 2021.

Best Resume Since Since 2024

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

Best Finish 2021 | #122

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

Best Resume Season 2021 | 86 / 100

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

Current Season Standing Resume #4 | Power #2

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

Program Percentile Resume 70th | Power 90th

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 2021 | 11-2

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 #130 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 7-5
Program baseline -1.6 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 0.3 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

2021 Season

Ended at power +1.2, record 11-2, and final loaded-board rank #122.

Best Loaded Resume

2021 Season

Resume 86 / 100 with 11 wins and a 85% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

+1.9 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from -1.0 to +0.9.

Best Record

11-2

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2021, with a margin of +130.

Best Resume Season

2021 | 86 / 100

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

Latest Vs. Standard

+2.5

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.

10 seasons visible
Season Conference Lens Record Final Rank End Power End Resume Margin Season Page
2025 SouthernFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 7-5 #137 +0.9 52 +44 Open season page
2024 SouthernFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 7-5 #166 -1.0 57 +81 Program view
2023 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-8 #246 -4.8 9 -150 Program view
2022 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-8 #221 -3.6 30 -13 Program view
2021 SouthernFCS Peak powerStrongest loaded closing power for the program. 11-2 #122 +1.2 86 +130 Program view
2019 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-9 #216 -5.2 10 -73 Program view
2018 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 8-4 #213 -4.8 63 -5 Program view
2017 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 4-7 #253 -10.1 25 -102 Program view
2016 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 5-6 #258 -10.7 11 -134 Program view
2015 FCS IndependentsFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 2-9 #259 -11.8 6 -236 Program view