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Western Carolina

latest conference era: Southern

Loaded Seasons12
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2024 | +0.7
Best Finish#137 in 2024
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 +0.7 PWR -8.2 2016: 2-9, margin -131, power -5.2, resume 8 / 100, final rank #2112017: 7-5, margin +64, power -3.2, resume 54 / 100, final rank #1792018: 3-8, margin -104, power -5.9, resume 14 / 100, final rank #2242019: 3-9, margin -248, power -6.8, resume 7 / 100, final rank #2372020: 0-3, margin -116, power -8.2, resume 1 / 100, final rank #1432021: 4-7, margin -98, power -1.8, resume 29 / 100, final rank #1802022: 6-5, margin +0, power -2.7, resume 43 / 100, final rank #2042023: 7-4, margin +108, power -0.4, resume 61 / 100, final rank #1562024: 7-5, margin +47, power +0.7, resume 68 / 100, final rank #1372025: 7-5, margin +61, power -0.2, resume 51 / 100, final rank #149 2016: 2-9, margin -131, power -5.2, resume 8 / 100, final rank #211-5.22017: 7-5, margin +64, power -3.2, resume 54 / 100, final rank #179-3.22018: 3-8, margin -104, power -5.9, resume 14 / 100, final rank #224-5.92019: 3-9, margin -248, power -6.8, resume 7 / 100, final rank #237-6.82020: 0-3, margin -116, power -8.2, resume 1 / 100, final rank #143-8.22021: 4-7, margin -98, power -1.8, resume 29 / 100, final rank #180-1.82022: 6-5, margin +0, power -2.7, resume 43 / 100, final rank #204-2.72023: 7-4, margin +108, power -0.4, resume 61 / 100, final rank #156-0.42024: 7-5, margin +47, power +0.7, resume 68 / 100, final rank #137+0.72025: 7-5, margin +61, power -0.2, resume 51 / 100, final rank #149-0.2 20162-920177-520183-820193-920200-320214-720226-520237-420247-520257-5

Historical Snapshot

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

Loaded Seasons 12

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

Program Baseline +0.0

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

Current Vs. Baseline -0.2

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

Gap To Peak 0.9

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

Peak Loaded Season 2024 | +0.7

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 2024 | #137

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

Best Resume Season 2024 | 68 / 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 75th | Power 92th

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 | 7-4

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 #197 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 7-5
Program baseline +0.0 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 0.9 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 +0.7, record 7-5, and final loaded-board rank #137.

Best Loaded Resume

2024 Season

Resume 68 / 100 with 7 wins and a 58% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

-0.9 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from +0.7 to -0.2.

Best Record

7-4

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2023, with a margin of +108.

Best Resume Season

2024 | 68 / 100

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

Latest Vs. Standard

-0.2

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 SouthernFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 7-5 #149 -0.2 51 +61 Open season page
2024 SouthernFCS Peak powerStrongest loaded closing power for the program. 7-5 #137 +0.7 68 +47 Program view
2023 SouthernFCS Best recordCleanest win-loss season in the loaded archive. 7-4 #156 -0.4 61 +108 Program view
2022 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 6-5 #204 -2.7 43 +0 Program view
2021 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 4-7 #180 -1.8 29 -98 Program view
2020 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 0-3 #143 -8.2 1 -116 Program view
2019 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-9 #237 -6.8 7 -248 Program view
2018 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-8 #224 -5.9 14 -104 Program view
2017 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 7-5 #179 -3.2 54 +64 Program view
2016 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 2-9 #211 -5.2 8 -131 Program view
2015 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 7-4 #157 -2.0 46 -3 Program view
2014 SouthernFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 7-5 #188 -3.2 51 +6 Program view