The CFP Era · 2014–present

Arizona

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

65–78Record
45.5%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
48Avg. percentile
17NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 10–3Steepest fall2024
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

36–45 · avg percentile 50
Transition2021–2023

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

16–21 · avg percentile 41
Expansion2024–present

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

13–12 · avg percentile 54

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Rich Rodriguez2014–2017
Kevin Sumlin2020–2020
Jedd Fisch2021–2023
Brent Brennan2024–2025

Roster of the era

17 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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117
118
220
323
424
425

Entering Year 13

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