The CFP Era · 2014–present

BYU

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

101–54Record
65.2%Win %
0National titles
2020Peak season
73Avg. percentile
16NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2020 · 11–1Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

55–35 · avg percentile 74
Transition2021–2023

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

23–15 · avg percentile 65
Expansion2024–present

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

23–4 · avg percentile 81

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bronco Mendenhall2014–2015
Kalani Sitake2016–2017
Kalani Sitake2020–2025

Roster of the era

16 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

115
116
117
118
520
121
322
123
225

Entering Year 13

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