The CFP Era · 2014–present

Kentucky

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

80–70Record
53.3%Win %
0National titles
2019Peak season
57Avg. percentile
33NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2019 · 8–5
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

47–40 · avg percentile 57
Transition2021–2023

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

24–15 · avg percentile 65
Expansion2024–present

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

9–15 · avg percentile 48

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Mark Stoops2014–2017
Mark Stoops2020–2025

Roster of the era

33 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
115
518
219
620
421
322
423
224
425

Entering Year 13

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