The CFP Era · 2014–present

Colorado

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

56–86Record
39.4%Win %
0National titles
2024Peak season
28Avg. percentile
14NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 9–4Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

35–46 · avg percentile 32
Transition2021–2023

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

9–27 · avg percentile 11
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

Mike MacIntyre2014–2017
Karl Dorrell2020–2021
Mike Sanford Jr.2022–2022
Deion Sanders2023–2025

Roster of the era

14 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

416
117
118
319
120
424

Entering Year 13

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