The CFP Era · 2014–present

Kansas State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

91–61Record
59.9%Win %
0National titles
2024Peak season
77Avg. percentile
23NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 9–4Steepest fall2015
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

49–38 · avg percentile 72
Transition2021–2023

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

27–13 · avg percentile 84
Expansion2024–present

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

15–10 · avg percentile 85

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bill Snyder2014–2017
Chris Klieman2020–2025

Roster of the era

23 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
115
216
117
218
120
221
422
323
324
225

Entering Year 13

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