The CFP Era · 2014–present

Stanford

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

72–73Record
49.7%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
53Avg. percentile
39NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 12–2Steepest fall2019
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

56–29 · avg percentile 75
Transition2021–2023

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

9–27 · avg percentile 17
Expansion2024–present

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

7–17 · avg percentile 30

Defining games

Coaches of the era

David Shaw2014–2017
David Shaw2020–2022
Troy Taylor2023–2024
Frank Reich2025–2025

Roster of the era

39 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

614
515
216
417
518
219
520
121
522
123
124
225

Entering Year 13

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