The CFP Era · 2014–present

Old Dominion

Twelve seasons in three acts · Sun Belt

61–75Record
44.9%Win %
0National titles
2025Peak season
33Avg. percentile
5NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION02550751001415161718192122232425Peak of the era2025 · 10–3Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

31–42 · avg percentile 27
Transition2021–2023

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

15–23 · avg percentile 29
Expansion2024–present

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

15–10 · avg percentile 60

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bobby Wilder2014–2017
Ricky Rahne2021–2025

Roster of the era

5 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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322

Entering Year 13

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