The CFP Era · 2014–present

Coastal Carolina

Twelve seasons in three acts · Sun Belt

95–56Record
62.9%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
27Avg. percentile
4NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 11–2Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

55–31 · avg percentile 21
Transition2021–2023

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

28–11 · avg percentile 48
Expansion2024–present

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

12–14 · avg percentile 14

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Jamey Chadwell2017–2017
Jamey Chadwell2020–2021
Chad Staggs2022–2022
Tim Beck2023–2025

Coach records begin 2017.

Roster of the era

4 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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120
221

Entering Year 13

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