The CFP Era · 2014–present

Auburn

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

83–69Record
54.6%Win %
0National titles
2018Peak season
82Avg. percentile
51NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2018 · 8–5
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

56–34 · avg percentile 89
Transition2021–2023

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

17–21 · avg percentile 69
Expansion2024–present

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

10–14 · avg percentile 78

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Gus Malzahn2014–2017
Kevin Steele2020–2020
Bryan Harsin2021–2021
Cadillac Williams2022–2022
Hugh Freeze2023–2025

Roster of the era

51 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

514
315
416
417
618
619
420
121
522
523
324
525

Entering Year 13

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