The CFP Era · 2014–present

Indiana

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

76–72Record
51.4%Win %
1National titles
3Playoff games
2025Peak season
59Avg. percentile
21NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425National title2025Steepest fall2021
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

40–43 · avg percentile 60
Transition2021–2023

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

9–27 · avg percentile 33
Expansion2024–present

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

27–2 · avg percentile 95

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Kevin Wilson2014–2016
Tom Allen2017–2017
Tom Allen2020–2023
Curt Cignetti2024–2025

Roster of the era

21 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

114
315
116
217
118
119
120
121
224
825

Entering Year 13

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