The CFP Era · 2014–present

Michigan

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

111–41Record
73.0%Win %
1National titles
3Playoff games
2023Peak season
87Avg. percentile
82NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

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Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

54–29 · avg percentile 83
Transition2021–2023

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

40–3 · avg percentile 97
Expansion2024–present

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

17–9 · avg percentile 87

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Brady Hoke2014–2014
Jim Harbaugh2015–2017
Jim Harbaugh2020–2023
Sherrone Moore2024–2025

Roster of the era

82 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

314
315
1116
217
518
1019
820
521
922
1323
724
625

Entering Year 13

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