The CFP Era · 2014–present

South Carolina

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

71–78Record
47.7%Win %
0National titles
2024Peak season
64Avg. percentile
39NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 9–4Steepest fall2021
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

38–48 · avg percentile 61
Transition2021–2023

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

20–18 · avg percentile 60
Expansion2024–present

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

13–12 · avg percentile 79

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Steve Spurrier2014–2015
Will Muschamp2016–2017
Will Muschamp2020–2020
Shane Beamer2021–2025

Roster of the era

39 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

414
315
117
318
419
420
321
522
423
524
325

Entering Year 13

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