The CFP Era · 2014–present

Maryland

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

61–81Record
43.0%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
39Avg. percentile
30NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 8–5Steepest fall2024
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

30–49 · avg percentile 31
Transition2021–2023

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

23–16 · avg percentile 58
Expansion2024–present

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

8–16 · avg percentile 39

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Randy Edsall2014–2015
D.J. Durkin2016–2017
Mike Locksley2020–2025

Roster of the era

30 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
315
217
418
219
120
221
522
223
624
125

Entering Year 13

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