How much production does your favorite team return ahead of 2024 season?

Keeping up with college football rosters is harder than ever been thanks to the transfer portal and the COVID year. ESPN staff writer Bill Connelly did the dirty work. He combed through each team’s imports and exports to determine the percentage of returning production for each program in the FBS.

Returning production doesn’t necessarily predict success or failure. FAU led the list in the G5 ranks in 2023 with 83 percent of its production returning, including a staggering 99 percent on defense, before finishing 4-8. Texas A&M returned the most production in Texas heading into last year with 80 percent, yet Jimbo Fisher ended the season without a job. Conversely, SMU was 117th in returning production in 2023 and won the AAC and 11 games in the regular season.