The CFP Era · 2014–present

Miami

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

96–59Record
61.9%Win %
0National titles
3Playoff games
2025Peak season
80Avg. percentile
61NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2025 · 13–3Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

54–35 · avg percentile 78
Transition2021–2023

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

19–18 · avg percentile 76
Expansion2024–present

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

23–6 · avg percentile 93

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Al Golden2014–2015
Mark Richt2016–2017
Manny Diaz2020–2020
Jess Simpson2021–2021
Mario Cristobal2022–2025

Roster of the era

61 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

714
215
916
617
518
419
420
121
322
423
724
925

Entering Year 13

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