The CFP Era · 2014–present

Missouri

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

87–64Record
57.6%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
66Avg. percentile
38NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 11–2Steepest fall2015
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

46–40 · avg percentile 64
Transition2021–2023

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

23–16 · avg percentile 60
Expansion2024–present

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

18–8 · avg percentile 83

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Gary Pinkel2014–2015
Barry Odom2016–2017
Eli Drinkwitz2020–2025

Roster of the era

38 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

614
315
116
117
218
219
520
221
122
623
324
625

Entering Year 13

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