The CFP Era · 2014–present

San Diego State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Pac-12

95–57Record
62.5%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
58Avg. percentile
14NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 11–3Steepest fall2018
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

60–28 · avg percentile 68
Transition2021–2023

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

23–16 · avg percentile 50
Expansion2024–present

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

12–13 · avg percentile 34

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Rocky Long2014–2017
Brady Hoke2020–2023
Sean Lewis2024–2025

Roster of the era

14 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

114
316
217
118
119
120
421
125

Entering Year 13

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