The CFP Era · 2014–present

Bowling Green

Twelve seasons in three acts · Mid-American

58–86Record
40.3%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
21Avg. percentile
3NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 10–4Steepest fall2016
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

30–51 · avg percentile 19
Transition2021–2023

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

17–21 · avg percentile 20
Expansion2024–present

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

11–14 · avg percentile 32

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Dino Babers2014–2015
Mike Jinks2016–2017
Scot Loeffler2020–2024
Eddie George2025–2025

Roster of the era

3 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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124

Entering Year 13

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