Which 10 FBS Groups From The 2020s Have The Highest Profitable Proportion?

We’re midway by the 2020s, and with the second half of the last decade in faculty soccer starting quickly, now is an efficient time to do some reflection. 

The 2020s have ushered in a brand new period within the sport, with identify, picture and likeness (NIL) coming into play, whereas the switch portal has develop into extra prevalent. The School Soccer Playoff additionally expanded for the primary time since its inception, growing from 4 to 12 groups in 2024.

With all these modifications lately, which organizations have been the most effective at navigating these new waters? Listed below are the ten applications with the most effective successful share within the 2020s (2020 season by the 2024 season).

10 FBS Groups With The Highest Profitable Proportion In The 2020s

Lane Kiffin has had a robust first 5 seasons at Ole Miss. (Photograph by James Gilbert/Getty Photos)

Head coach Lane Kiffin helped elevate Ole Miss in his first few years in Oxford, Mississippi. The Rebels have been within the SEC title hunt most of the time by his first 5 seasons on the helm. They’ve completed the season ranked within the prime 15 thrice however have not but made the CFP.

9. BYU: 45-18 (71.4%)

Kalani Sitake’s BYU squad has been constant. (Photograph by Bruce Yeung/Getty Photos)

The Cougars have been a sneaky profitable program this decade, successful at the least 10 video games in three of the previous 5 seasons. They arguably had their finest yr in fairly a while in 2024, going 11-2 however lacking out on an opportunity to play within the Large 12 Championship Sport due to a tiebreaker.

8. Liberty: 47-16 (74.6%)

Jamey Chadwell’s had a robust first two seasons as Liberty’s head coach. (Photograph by Norm Corridor/Getty Photos)

With Hugh Freeze and Jamey Chadwell each serving as Liberty’s head coach by the primary half of the last decade, the Flames have arguably been the most effective non-power convention faculty since 2020. They went 26-10 with Freeze from 2020-22, going 10-1 in 2020. However they’d their finest season below Chadwell, going 13-1 in 2023. Their lone loss that yr got here to Oregon within the Fiesta Bowl.

7. Clemson: 50-16 (75.8%)

Clemson has been the category of the ACC for many of the 2020s. (Photograph by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Photos)

Contemplating that there have been questions not too way back about whether or not the sport had handed head coach Dabo Swinney by, some could be shocked to see Clemson on this record. Bear in mind, although, Trevor Lawrence was nonetheless at quarterback in 2020, serving to the Tigers go 10-2. They’ve received at the least 9 video games in each season since then as properly, making the CFP for the primary time since 2020 this previous season. 

6. Oregon: 49-13 (79%)

Dan Lanning has helped Oregon develop into a title contender. (Photograph by CFP/Getty Photos)

Oregon has had three teaching modifications since 2017, so the truth that it is on this record is fairly spectacular. Mario Cristobal helped elevate the Geese late within the 2010s earlier than leaving for Miami (Fla.) after a 10-3 season in 2021. Dan Lanning has arguably lifted Oregon even increased, successful at the least 10 video games in every of his first three seasons as head coach. That features final season, when Oregon went 13-0 earlier than dropping within the quarterfinals of the CFP. 

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame reached the nationwide championship sport in 2024. (Photograph by CFP/Getty Photos)

Brian Kelly introduced stability again to South Bend, Indiana over his lengthy tenure as Notre Dame’s head coach, and Marcus Freeman has helped maintain it. The Preventing Irish have gone 33-9 in Freeman’s first three seasons as head coach, reaching the nationwide championship sport for the primary time since 2012 final season.

T-4. Michigan: 50-12 (80.6%)

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan received the nationwide championship in 2023. (Photograph by Stacy Revere/Getty Photos)

At the beginning of the last decade, Michigan was within the dumps. The Wolverines went 2-4 within the COVID-shortened 2020 season, practically costing then-head coach Jim Harbaugh his job. The next season, nevertheless, Michigan started a three-year stretch the place it made the CFP every season, culminating with a nationwide championship victory in 2023. That stretch was so sturdy that even an 8-5 season in 2024 could not knock the Wolverines out of the highest 5 from this record. 

3. Alabama: 58-10 (85.3%)

Nick Saban was liable for most of Alabama’s success up to now this decade. (Photograph by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Photos)

Alabama was the highest canine in faculty soccer within the 2010s, successful 4 nationwide championships that decade and changing into a perennial contender below then-head coach Nick Saban. It regarded just like the Crimson Tide would stay faculty soccer’s premier program on the flip of the last decade as properly, successful the nationwide championship in 2020. It hasn’t received a nationwide title since, however it has nonetheless remained a perennial nationwide championship contender. 

Ryan Day lastly received a nationwide championship in 2024. (Photograph by Todd Kirkland/Getty Photos)

Head coach Ryan Day lastly acquired over the hump and received a nationwide championship in 2024 after coming so near breaking by just a few instances previous to that. Earlier than going 14-2 in 2024, Ohio State went 11-2 in every of the three earlier seasons. The Buckeyes additionally went 7-1 in 2020, dropping within the nationwide championship sport that yr. 

1. Georgia: 61-7 (89.7%)

Kirby Sensible has helped Georgia win two nationwide championships this decade. (Photograph by Steph Chambers/Getty Photos)

Kirby Sensible’s Bulldogs have been the definition of success in faculty soccer by the primary 5 years of the last decade. Georgia’s the one program to win a number of nationwide championships, going 15-0 in 2022 after a 14-1 title-winning season in 2021. It is received at the least 11 video games in two of the years that it did not win the title, too. Moreover, Georgia hasn’t misplaced a sport at residence this decade.

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