The CFP Era · 2014–present

Florida

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

88–63Record
58.3%Win %
0National titles
2018Peak season
80Avg. percentile
72NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2018 · 10–3Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

59–29 · avg percentile 84
Transition2021–2023

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

17–21 · avg percentile 71
Expansion2024–present

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

12–13 · avg percentile 79

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Will Muschamp2014–2014
Jim McElwain2015–2016
Randy Shannon2017–2017
Dan Mullen2020–2021
Billy Napier2022–2025

Roster of the era

72 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

814
715
816
517
518
719
820
321
622
123
724
725

Entering Year 13

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