The CFP Era · 2014–present

Kennesaw State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Conference USA

79–43Record
64.8%Win %
0National titles
2019Peak season
19Avg. percentile
1NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION025507510015161718192122232425Peak of the era2019 · 11–3Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

48–15 · avg percentile 22
Transition2021–2023

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

19–14 · avg percentile 16
Expansion2024–present

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

12–14 · avg percentile 16

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Chandler Burks2024–2024
Jerry Mack2025–2025

Coach records begin 2024.

Roster of the era

1 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

122

Entering Year 13

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