The CFP Era · 2014–present

Kansas

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

39–104Record
27.3%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
32Avg. percentile
12NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 9–4Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

12–69 · avg percentile 15
Transition2021–2023

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

17–21 · avg percentile 48
Expansion2024–present

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

10–14 · avg percentile 67

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Charlie Weis2014–2014
David Beaty2015–2017
Les Miles2020–2020
Lance Leipold2021–2025

Roster of the era

12 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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119
121
223
224
225

Entering Year 13

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