The CFP Era · 2014–present

Florida International

Twelve seasons in three acts · Conference USA

56–85Record
39.7%Win %
0National titles
2014Peak season
23Avg. percentile
4NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 4–8Steepest fall2020
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

36–44 · avg percentile 31
Transition2021–2023

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

9–27 · avg percentile 3
Expansion2024–present

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

11–14 · avg percentile 28

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Ron Turner2014–2016
Butch Davis2017–2017
Butch Davis2020–2021
Mike MacIntyre2022–2024
Willie Simmons2025–2025

Roster of the era

4 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

116
117
219

Entering Year 13

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