The CFP Era · 2014–present

Cincinnati

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

92–59Record
60.9%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2021Peak season
56Avg. percentile
28NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 13–1Steepest fall2023
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

55–32 · avg percentile 55
Transition2021–2023

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

25–14 · avg percentile 65
Expansion2024–present

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

12–13 · avg percentile 41

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Tommy Tuberville2014–2016
Luke Fickell2017–2017
Luke Fickell2020–2022
Scott Satterfield2023–2025

Roster of the era

28 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

215
116
117
118
119
420
921
322
123
124
425

Entering Year 13

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