The CFP Era · 2014–present

Georgia Southern

Twelve seasons in three acts · Sun Belt

80–72Record
52.6%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
36Avg. percentile
4NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 9–4Steepest fall2021
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

50–38 · avg percentile 44
Transition2021–2023

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

15–23 · avg percentile 16
Expansion2024–present

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

15–11 · avg percentile 36

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Willie Fritz2014–2015
Tyson Summers2016–2017
Chad Lunsford2020–2020
Kevin Whitley2021–2021
Clay Helton2022–2025

Roster of the era

4 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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Entering Year 13

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