Deciding on who’re the perfect groups in FCS faculty soccer historical past is subjective, however these with essentially the most wins in a season is a definitive strategy to construct a case.
The unbeaten groups of 1996 Marshall, 2013 and ’18 North Dakota State, and 2023 South Dakota State are regarded among the many finest – all 15-0 and dominant.
However these groups didn’t have essentially the most wins in an FCS season – that distinction belongs to the 2019 NDSU squad which went 16-0 behind freshman quarterback Trey Lance.
We glance again to the NCAA Division I cut up in 1978 and to the groups that since then have essentially the most wins in a single season. Actually, over 50 groups have 13 or extra victories.
Groups that captured the FCS nationwide championship are every designated by an asterisk.
FCS Groups With the Most Wins in an FCS Season
16 Wins
*2019 North Dakota State Bison (16-0) – Simply FCS soccer’s best dynasty, the Bison set the single-season document for wins and ended the 2010s with a 137-13 (.913) document, all whereas finishing a 3rd straight nationwide championship and eighth in a nine-season span beneath a 3rd totally different coach – with Matt Entz becoming a member of Craig Bohl and Chris Klieman. Additionally, in lower than a 24-hour span, Lance grew to become the primary FCS participant to win the Walter Payton Award and play on the nationwide championship workforce whereas additionally being named essentially the most excellent participant of the sport.
15 Wins
*2023 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (15-0)
*2018 North Dakota State Bison (15-0) – Essentially the most wins by an FCS program in back-to-back seasons? It’s 31, beginning right here for the Missouri Valley Soccer Convention energy and mixing with its unbeaten 2019 squad. The Bison went on to submit an FCS-record 39-game successful streak earlier than dropping a sport.
*2014 North Dakota State Bison (15-1)
*2013 North Dakota State Bison (15-0)
2003 Colgate Raiders (15-1) – The Patriot League champions posted essentially the most wins for an FCS workforce that didn’t seize the nationwide title. The proper season ended with a 40-0 loss to Delaware, marking the biggest margin and solely shutout within the nationwide championship sport.
*2003 Delaware Blue Hens (15-1)
*2001 Montana Grizzlies (15-1) – The Grizzlies have essentially the most wins in FCS historical past, and this workforce set this system document beneath coach Joe Glenn by defeating Furman within the title sport.
*1996 Marshall Thundering Herd (15-0)
*1989 Georgia Southern (15-0)
14 Wins
*2022 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (14-1)
*2021 North Dakota State Bison (14-1)
2019 James Madison Dukes (14-2)
2017 James Madison Dukes (14-1)
*2017 North Dakota State Bison (14-1)
*2016 James Madison Dukes (14-1) – The previous CAA Soccer energy is the one program to interrupt North Dakota State’s eight FCS nationwide titles throughout the 2011-19 seasons. The Dukes, beneath coach Mike Houston, did so the arduous means by beating the Bison contained in the Fargodome within the semifinals, then topped Youngstown State within the championship sport.
*2012 North Dakota State Bison (14-1)
*2011 North Dakota State Bison (14-1)
2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats (14-1)
2009 Montana Grizzlies (14-1)
*2009 Villanova Wildcats (14-1)
2008 Montana Grizzlies (14-2)
*2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers (14-1)
1998 Georgia Southern Eagles (14-1)
1996 Montana Grizzlies (14-1)
1994 Youngstown State (14-0-1) – The Penguins gained 4 FCS nationwide championships beneath coach Jim Tressel, and this was his solely unbeaten workforce, with the tie occurring towards Stephen F. Austin within the season opener.
13 Wins
2023 Montana Grizzlies (13-2)
2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks (13-2)
*2015 North Dakota State Bison (13-2)
2014 Illinois State Redbirds (13-2)
2013 Towson Tigers (13-3)
*2010 Jap Washington Eagles (13-2)
*2008 Richmond Spiders (13-3)
*2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers (13-2) – Underneath coach Jerry Moore, the Mountaineers grew to become the primary program to win three straight FCS nationwide championships, however the season started extra famously with a 32-31 win at No. 5 Michigan for what’s thought to be the best FCS-over-FBS upset. App State moved as much as Division I FBS in 2014.
2006 Massachusetts Minutemen (13-2)
*2004 James Madison Dukes (13-2)
2002 McNeese State Cowboys (13-2)
*2000 Georgia Southern Eagles (13-2)
2000 Montana Grizzlies (13-2)
*1999 Georgia Southern Eagles (13-2)
1997 McNeese State Cowboys (13-2)
*1997 Youngstown State Penguins (13-2)
*1995 Montana Grizzlies (13-2)
1995 McNeese State Cowboys (13-1)
1994 Boise State Broncos (13-2)
*1993 Youngstown State (13-2)
1990 Nevada Wolf Pack (13-2)
*1988 Furman Paladins (13-2)
*1987 Northeast Louisiana (13-2)
1986 Nevada Wolf Pack (13-1)
*1986 Georgia Southern Eagles (13-2)
*1985 Georgia Southern Eagles (13-2) – The Eagles have captured the second-most FCS nationwide championships to North Dakota State with six, and so they got here within the type of three totally different back-to-back title seasons, beginning right here beneath coach Erk Russell. This system moved as much as Division I FBS in 2014.
*1983 Southern Illinois Salukis (13-1)
*1982 Jap Kentucky Colonels (13-0)
Jake Coyne of Stats Carry out contributed analysis to this story.
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