The CFP Era · 2014–present

Baylor

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

83–68Record
55.0%Win %
0National titles
2014Peak season
68Avg. percentile
24NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 11–2Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

49–38 · avg percentile 71
Transition2021–2023

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

21–18 · avg percentile 61
Expansion2024–present

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

13–12 · avg percentile 68

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Art Briles2014–2015
Jim Grobe2016–2016
Matt Rhule2017–2017
Dave Aranda2020–2025

Roster of the era

24 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
615
116
118
419
120
621
122
225

Entering Year 13

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