The CFP Era · 2014–present

Oklahoma

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

118–39Record
75.2%Win %
0National titles
4Playoff games
2017Peak season
88Avg. percentile
59NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2017 · 12–2
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

75–17 · avg percentile 89
Transition2021–2023

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

27–12 · avg percentile 87
Expansion2024–present

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

16–10 · avg percentile 83

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bob Stoops2014–2016
Lincoln Riley2017–2017
Lincoln Riley2020–2020
Bob Stoops2021–2021
Brent Venables2022–2025

Roster of the era

59 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

614
415
416
417
818
419
520
721
522
323
224
725

Entering Year 13

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