The CFP Era · 2014–present

App State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Sun Belt

105–49Record
68.2%Win %
0National titles
2019Peak season
68Avg. percentile
8NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

Within-season power percentile against the FBS cohort, season by season.

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2019 · 13–1Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

The four-team Playoff era. The bracket is small, the margin for error none.

70–20 · avg percentile 78
Transition2021–2023

The last seasons before expansion — NIL arrives, the portal opens, the four-team format ends.

25–15 · avg percentile 68
Expansion2024–present

The twelve-team Playoff. A wider field changes what a season has to prove.

10–14 · avg percentile 32

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Scott Satterfield2014–2017
Shawn Clark2020–2024
Dowell Loggains2025–2025

Roster of the era

8 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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117
219
120
121
222

Entering Year 13

The 2026 season opens the next chapter of the expansion era under Dowell Loggains. See the 2014–2025 program page →