The CFP Era · 2014–present

Arkansas

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

62–86Record
41.9%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
53Avg. percentile
34NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 8–5Steepest fall2016
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

33–52 · avg percentile 51
Transition2021–2023

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

20–18 · avg percentile 51
Expansion2024–present

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

9–16 · avg percentile 66

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bret Bielema2014–2017
Sam Pittman2020–2025

Roster of the era

34 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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515
316
217
318
219
120
321
222
223
224
425

Entering Year 13

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