The CFP Era · 2014–present

Louisville

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

90–64Record
58.4%Win %
0National titles
2022Peak season
75Avg. percentile
31NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2022 · 8–5Steepest fall2018
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

48–40 · avg percentile 72
Transition2021–2023

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

24–16 · avg percentile 78
Expansion2024–present

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

18–8 · avg percentile 80

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bobby Petrino2014–2017
Scott Satterfield2020–2022
Jeff Brohm2023–2025

Roster of the era

31 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

1014
115
216
417
119
220
322
423
324
125

Entering Year 13

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