16-0
How to Play
Draft an all-time college football lineup and find out if your legends could run the table — a perfect 16-0 and a national title.
Why stats start in 2007
The draft pool is rated from real production back to 2007 — the first season with complete, consistent box scores for every player and position (via CollegeFootballData). Coverage gets spotty just before that and disappears entirely the further back you go, especially for defense and the line, so going earlier would mean guessing at numbers.
Earlier greats aren't left out — every roll can still surface them. We've backfilled hundreds of older stat lines from Wikipedia and the NCAA record book, and the rest are shown by their accolades (Heisman, All-American, major awards), rated by era dominance instead of modern box scores.
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Spin the slot machine
Each round rolls a random team and decade (e.g. "Alabama, 2010s"). You can draft any player who suited up for that program in that era.
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Draft 11 starters
Pick one player from the roll into an open lineup slot. Once a slot is filled it locks — a great player later at the same spot is no help.
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Skip a weak roll
Two team skips and two decade skips per game: re-roll the team (keep the decade) or the decade (keep the team) when a spin doesn't fit your needs.
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Simulate the season
With all 11 filled, your team plays 12 games, a conference championship, and a 3-game Playoff. Run the table for a perfect 16-0.
Your 11 Starters
What You See While Drafting
Pick your visibility up front. Show Stats reveals each player's real production and honors; Memory Mode hides all of it — just name, team, position, and era. Either way, players are listed alphabetically and the numeric rating is never shown, so there's no “obvious best pick.”
On Endless you also choose a difficulty — Easy / Normal / Hard shifts every opponent's strength up or down, so Hard demands a deeper roster. The Daily Challenge is always Normal so everyone's on the same footing.
In Show Stats mode, decorated players wear an accolade badge so the legends are easy to spot:
- Legend
- Heisman winners & transcendent talents
- Elite
- Major national awards · unanimous All-Americans
- Great
- Consensus All-Americans & clear stars
- Star
- Standout, decorated players
How Scoring Works
Every player is rated era-relative — judged against their own era's peers — so a 1970s great stands shoulder to shoulder with a modern star. Your Dynasty Score comes from the season your lineup plays: wins matter most, then your team's position-weighted strength and point differential, with a bonus for a perfect run.
Premium positions carry more weight, so a star there is worth chasing:
Balance is everything: a single weak starter drags your average down, and only a near-flawless roster runs the table. Here's how a season is graded:
- Perfect Season16-0 🏆
- National Championwon the final
- National Runner-Uplost the final
- Playoff Semifinalistfinal four
- Playoff Quarterfinalistmade the bracket
- Conference Runner-Upmissed the Playoff
- Bowl Game9+ wins
- Bowl Bubble7–8 wins
- Rebuilding Year6 wins or fewer
What Counts Toward Each Rating
Each rating weighs impact plays the most (touchdowns, sacks, interceptions), then grades every player against their own era's peers at the same position. The gist of what each spot rewards:
Passing production and efficiency, plus rushing. Turnovers hurt.
Total yards and touchdowns on the ground and through the air, plus workload.
Receiving production and touchdowns.
Run blocking and pass protection — graded by pedigree and the offense it springs.
Getting to the quarterback — sacks, tackles for loss — and takeaways.
Tackling, pass rush, and coverage takeaways.
Coverage and takeaways (interceptions, break-ups), plus tackling.
Pre-2007 legends are rated by era dominance and accolades rather than these modern box scores.
Leaderboard & Daily
Submit your finished roster to the global board, ranked by Dynasty Score. Perfect seasons earn a badge. There's a fresh Daily Challenge too — everyone gets the same rolls, so it's an even fight, and a daily streak to keep alive.