The CFP Era · 2014–present

Duke

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

81–71Record
53.3%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
50Avg. percentile
13NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 8–5Steepest fall2019
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

43–44 · avg percentile 48
Transition2021–2023

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

20–18 · avg percentile 49
Expansion2024–present

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

18–9 · avg percentile 56

Defining games

Coaches of the era

David Cutcliffe2014–2017
David Cutcliffe2020–2021
Mike Elko2022–2022
Trooper Taylor2023–2023
Manny Diaz2024–2025

Roster of the era

13 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
118
420
323
325

Entering Year 13

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