The CFP Era · 2014–present

Oregon

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

116–41Record
73.9%Win %
0National titles
5Playoff games
2014Peak season
87Avg. percentile
54NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 13–2Steepest fall2016
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

58–29 · avg percentile 84
Transition2021–2023

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

32–9 · avg percentile 88
Expansion2024–present

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

26–3 · avg percentile 97

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Mark Helfrich2014–2016
Willie Taggart2017–2017
Mario Cristobal2020–2020
Bryan McClendon2021–2021
Dan Lanning2022–2025

Roster of the era

54 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

514
215
217
418
419
520
121
622
823
1024
725

Entering Year 13

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