The CFP Era · 2014–present

Minnesota

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

89–60Record
59.7%Win %
0National titles
2024Peak season
65Avg. percentile
27NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 8–5Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

49–35 · avg percentile 61
Transition2021–2023

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

24–15 · avg percentile 68
Expansion2024–present

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

16–10 · avg percentile 72

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Jerry Kill2014–2015
Tracy Claeys2016–2016
P.J. Fleck2017–2017
P.J. Fleck2020–2025

Roster of the era

27 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

414
215
116
118
519
220
421
322
123
324
125

Entering Year 13

The 2026 season opens the next chapter of the expansion era under P.J. Fleck. See the 2014–2025 program page →