The CFP Era · 2014–present

Syracuse

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

62–85Record
42.2%Win %
0National titles
2018Peak season
35Avg. percentile
13NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2018 · 10–3Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

31–53 · avg percentile 36
Transition2021–2023

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

18–20 · avg percentile 35
Expansion2024–present

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

13–12 · avg percentile 30

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Scott Shafer2014–2015
Dino Babers2016–2017
Dino Babers2020–2022
Nunzio Campanile2023–2023
Fran Brown2024–2025

Roster of the era

13 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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118
219
220
222
424

Entering Year 13

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