The CFP Era · 2014–present

TCU

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

99–54Record
64.7%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2014Peak season
76Avg. percentile
37NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 12–1Steepest fall2021
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

58–30 · avg percentile 81
Transition2021–2023

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

23–16 · avg percentile 64
Expansion2024–present

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

18–8 · avg percentile 78

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Gary Patterson2014–2017
Gary Patterson2020–2021
Sonny Dykes2022–2025

Roster of the era

37 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
515
116
317
318
519
220
822
323
224
325

Entering Year 13

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