The CFP Era · 2014–present

Arizona State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

78–67Record
53.8%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2024Peak season
60Avg. percentile
25NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 11–3Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

45–36 · avg percentile 60
Transition2021–2023

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

14–23 · avg percentile 47
Expansion2024–present

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

19–8 · avg percentile 77

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Todd Graham2014–2017
Herm Edwards2020–2022
Kenny Dillingham2023–2025

Roster of the era

25 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

414
215
116
317
218
219
120
421
122
124
425

Entering Year 13

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