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Houston Christian

latest conference era: Southland

Loaded Seasons12
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2024 | -3.6
Best Finish#140 in 2020
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 -3.6 PWR -11.1 2016: 4-7, margin -176, power -9.4, resume 14 / 100, final rank #2522017: 1-10, margin -157, power -8.1, resume 8 / 100, final rank #2422018: 1-10, margin -180, power -9.7, resume 3 / 100, final rank #2542019: 5-7, margin -12, power -6.4, resume 16 / 100, final rank #2342020: 1-3, margin -53, power -7.5, resume 6 / 100, final rank #1402021: 0-11, margin -268, power -8.1, resume 1 / 100, final rank #2612022: 2-9, margin -207, power -11.1, resume 8 / 100, final rank #2982023: 6-5, margin -16, power -4.1, resume 37 / 100, final rank #2372024: 5-7, margin -84, power -3.6, resume 21 / 100, final rank #2252025: 2-10, margin -161, power -7.4, resume 7 / 100, final rank #275 2016: 4-7, margin -176, power -9.4, resume 14 / 100, final rank #252-9.42017: 1-10, margin -157, power -8.1, resume 8 / 100, final rank #242-8.12018: 1-10, margin -180, power -9.7, resume 3 / 100, final rank #254-9.72019: 5-7, margin -12, power -6.4, resume 16 / 100, final rank #234-6.42020: 1-3, margin -53, power -7.5, resume 6 / 100, final rank #140-7.52021: 0-11, margin -268, power -8.1, resume 1 / 100, final rank #261-8.12022: 2-9, margin -207, power -11.1, resume 8 / 100, final rank #298-11.12023: 6-5, margin -16, power -4.1, resume 37 / 100, final rank #237-4.12024: 5-7, margin -84, power -3.6, resume 21 / 100, final rank #225-3.62025: 2-10, margin -161, power -7.4, resume 7 / 100, final rank #275-7.4 20164-720171-1020181-1020195-720201-320210-1120222-920236-520245-720252-10

Historical Snapshot

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

Loaded Seasons 12

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

Program Baseline -5.0

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

Current Vs. Baseline -2.4

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

Gap To Peak 3.8

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

Peak Loaded Season 2024 | -3.6

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 2020 | #140

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

Best Resume Season 2023 | 37 / 100

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

Current Season Standing Resume #7 | Power #4

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

Program Percentile Resume 50th | Power 75th

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 2023 | 6-5

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 #251 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 2-10
Program baseline -5.0 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 3.8 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 -3.6, record 5-7, and final loaded-board rank #225.

Best Loaded Resume

2023 Season

Resume 37 / 100 with 6 wins and a 55% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

-3.8 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from -3.6 to -7.4.

Best Record

6-5

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2023, with a margin of -16.

Best Resume Season

2023 | 37 / 100

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

Latest Vs. Standard

-2.4

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.

12 seasons visible
Season Conference Lens Record Final Rank End Power End Resume Margin Season Page
2025 SouthlandFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 2-10 #275 -7.4 7 -161 Open season page
2024 SouthlandFCS Peak powerStrongest loaded closing power for the program. 5-7 #225 -3.6 21 -84 Program view
2023 SouthlandFCS Best resumeBest body-of-work season in the loaded archive. 6-5 #237 -4.1 37 -16 Program view
2022 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 2-9 #298 -11.1 8 -207 Program view
2021 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 0-11 #261 -8.1 1 -268 Program view
2020 SouthlandFCS Best finishHighest loaded final board finish. 1-3 #140 -7.5 6 -53 Program view
2019 SouthlandFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 5-7 #234 -6.4 16 -12 Program view
2018 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-10 #254 -9.7 3 -180 Program view
2017 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-10 #242 -8.1 8 -157 Program view
2016 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 4-7 #252 -9.4 14 -176 Program view
2015 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-9 #297 -16.3 4 -239 Program view
2014 SouthlandFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 1-9 #273 -13.5 2 -380 Program view