The CFP Era · 2014–present

Boise State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Pac-12

115–41Record
73.7%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2014Peak season
81Avg. percentile
20NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 12–2Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

69–19 · avg percentile 82
Transition2021–2023

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

25–15 · avg percentile 84
Expansion2024–present

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

21–7 · avg percentile 74

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bryan Harsin2014–2017
Bryan Harsin2020–2020
Andy Avalos2021–2022
Spencer Danielson2023–2025

Roster of the era

20 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

114
315
216
217
118
319
220
121
222
224
125

Entering Year 13

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