The CFP Era · 2014–present

Missouri State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Conference USA

49–80Record
38.0%Win %
0National titles
2025Peak season
7Avg. percentile
1NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2025 · 7–6
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

17–53 · avg percentile 2
Transition2021–2023

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

17–17 · avg percentile 14
Expansion2024–present

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

15–10 · avg percentile 18

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Ryan Beard2025–2025

Coach records begin 2025.

Roster of the era

1 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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Entering Year 13

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