The CFP Era · 2014–present

Oregon State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Pac-12

53–89Record
37.3%Win %
0National titles
2022Peak season
34Avg. percentile
19NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2022 · 10–3Steepest fall2024
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

21–58 · avg percentile 24
Transition2021–2023

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

25–14 · avg percentile 69
Expansion2024–present

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

7–17 · avg percentile 17

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Mike Riley2014–2014
Gary Andersen2015–2016
Cory Hall2017–2017
Jonathan Smith2020–2023
Trent Bray2024–2025

Roster of the era

19 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

514
115
216
319
220
121
222
323

Entering Year 13

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