The CFP Era · 2014–present

NC State

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

92–61Record
60.1%Win %
0National titles
2017Peak season
67Avg. percentile
28NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2017 · 9–4Steepest fall2019
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

52–37 · avg percentile 63
Transition2021–2023

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

26–12 · avg percentile 76
Expansion2024–present

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

14–12 · avg percentile 68

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Dave Doeren2014–2017
Dave Doeren2020–2025

Roster of the era

28 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

315
316
717
418
219
120
221
122
223
124
225

Entering Year 13

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