The CFP Era · 2014–present

Purdue

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

51–92Record
35.7%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
32Avg. percentile
19NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 9–4Steepest fall2022
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

27–53 · avg percentile 31
Transition2021–2023

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

21–18 · avg percentile 47
Expansion2024–present

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

3–21 · avg percentile 11

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Darrell Hazell2014–2015
Gerad Parker2016–2016
Jeff Brohm2017–2017
Jeff Brohm2020–2022
Ryan Walters2023–2024
Barry Odom2025–2025

Roster of the era

19 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

114
115
116
117
219
220
321
522
223
124

Entering Year 13

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