The CFP Era · 2014–present

Oklahoma State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

93–61Record
60.4%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
63Avg. percentile
23NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 12–2Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

60–29 · avg percentile 70
Transition2021–2023

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

29–12 · avg percentile 69
Expansion2024–present

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

4–20 · avg percentile 28

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Mike Gundy2014–2017
Mike Gundy2020–2025

Roster of the era

23 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

114
115
216
417
218
420
321
222
424

Entering Year 13

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