The CFP Era · 2014–present

North Texas

Twelve seasons in three acts · American Athletic

72–80Record
47.4%Win %
0National titles
2025Peak season
25Avg. percentile
1NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2025 · 12–2
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

36–50 · avg percentile 17
Transition2021–2023

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

18–21 · avg percentile 32
Expansion2024–present

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

18–9 · avg percentile 41

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Dan McCarney2014–2015
Seth Littrell2016–2017
Seth Littrell2020–2022
Eric Morris2023–2025

Roster of the era

1 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

120

Entering Year 13

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