The CFP Era · 2014–present

Houston

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

90–59Record
60.4%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
64Avg. percentile
23NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 12–2Steepest fall2023
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

52–33 · avg percentile 66
Transition2021–2023

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

24–15 · avg percentile 70
Expansion2024–present

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

14–11 · avg percentile 49

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Tony Levine2014–2014
Tom Herman2015–2016
Major Applewhite2017–2017
Dana Holgorsen2020–2024
Willie Fritz2025–2025

Roster of the era

23 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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316
117
318
119
320
321
422
123
125

Entering Year 13

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