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Youngstown State

latest conference era: MVFC

Loaded Seasons11
Latest Season2025
Peak Power2016 | +1.5
Best Finish#98 in 2016
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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 +1.5 PWR -3.0 2015: 5-6, margin +69, power -1.5, resume 50 / 100, final rank #1442016: 12-4, margin +123, power +1.5, resume 80 / 100, final rank #982017: 6-5, margin +117, power +0.5, resume 63 / 100, final rank #1122018: 4-7, margin -45, power -1.7, resume 32 / 100, final rank #1392019: 6-6, margin +44, power -3.0, resume 39 / 100, final rank #1842021: 3-7, margin -107, power -2.4, resume 21 / 100, final rank #1922022: 7-4, margin +35, power -1.1, resume 60 / 100, final rank #1732023: 8-5, margin +86, power +1.3, resume 71 / 100, final rank #1222024: 4-8, margin -101, power -2.1, resume 29 / 100, final rank #1932025: 8-5, margin +73, power -0.1, resume 68 / 100, final rank #147 2015: 5-6, margin +69, power -1.5, resume 50 / 100, final rank #144-1.52016: 12-4, margin +123, power +1.5, resume 80 / 100, final rank #98+1.52017: 6-5, margin +117, power +0.5, resume 63 / 100, final rank #112+0.52018: 4-7, margin -45, power -1.7, resume 32 / 100, final rank #139-1.72019: 6-6, margin +44, power -3.0, resume 39 / 100, final rank #184-3.02021: 3-7, margin -107, power -2.4, resume 21 / 100, final rank #192-2.42022: 7-4, margin +35, power -1.1, resume 60 / 100, final rank #173-1.12023: 8-5, margin +86, power +1.3, resume 71 / 100, final rank #122+1.32024: 4-8, margin -101, power -2.1, resume 29 / 100, final rank #193-2.12025: 8-5, margin +73, power -0.1, resume 68 / 100, final rank #147-0.1 20155-6201612-420176-520184-720196-620213-720227-420238-520244-820258-5

Historical Snapshot

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

Loaded Seasons 11

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

Program Baseline -0.3

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 1.6

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

Peak Loaded Season 2016 | +1.5

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

Best Power Since Since 2023

This is the program's best power season since 2023.

Best Resume Since Since 2023

This is the program's best resume season since 2023.

Best Finish 2016 | #98

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

Best Resume Season 2016 | 80 / 100

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

Current Season Standing Resume #3 | Power #4

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

Program Percentile Resume 82th | 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 2016 | 12-4

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 #152 Where the latest loaded season sits on today's all-level board.
Latest season 2025 8-5
Program baseline -0.3 Recent multi-year closing-power standard.
Gap to peak 1.6 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

2016 Season

Ended at power +1.5, record 12-4, and final loaded-board rank #98.

Best Loaded Resume

2016 Season

Resume 80 / 100 with 12 wins and a 75% win rate.

Year-Over-Year Swing

+2.0 power

From 2024 to 2025, the program moved from -2.1 to -0.1.

Best Record

12-4

The cleanest loaded season by results came in 2016, with a margin of +123.

Best Resume Season

2016 | 80 / 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.

11 seasons visible
Season Conference Lens Record Final Rank End Power End Resume Margin Season Page
2025 MVFCFCS CurrentThis season anchors the current board. 8-5 #147 -0.1 68 +73 Open season page
2024 MVFCFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 4-8 #193 -2.1 29 -101 Program view
2023 MVFCFCS Above standardClosed comfortably above the program's recent baseline. 8-5 #122 +1.3 71 +86 Program view
2022 MVFCFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 7-4 #173 -1.1 60 +35 Program view
2021 MVFCFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 3-7 #192 -2.4 21 -107 Program view
2019 MVFCFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 6-6 #184 -3.0 39 +44 Program view
2018 MVFCFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 4-7 #139 -1.7 32 -45 Program view
2017 MVFCFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 6-5 #112 +0.5 63 +117 Program view
2016 MVFCFCS Peak powerStrongest loaded closing power for the program. 12-4 #98 +1.5 80 +123 Program view
2015 MVFCFCS In rangeA season that landed inside the normal historical band. 5-6 #144 -1.5 50 +69 Program view
2014 MVFCFCS Down yearFinished meaningfully below the program's recent standard. 7-5 #187 -3.2 49 +46 Program view