The CFP Era · 2014–present

Louisiana Tech

Twelve seasons in three acts · Sun Belt

79–73Record
52.0%Win %
0National titles
2014Peak season
40Avg. percentile
11NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 9–5Steepest fall2020
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

57–33 · avg percentile 57
Transition2021–2023

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

9–27 · avg percentile 12
Expansion2024–present

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

13–13 · avg percentile 23

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Skip Holtz2014–2017
Skip Holtz2020–2021
Sonny Cumbie2022–2025

Roster of the era

11 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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316
117
118
219
120

Entering Year 13

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