The CFP Era · 2014–present

Tennessee

Twelve seasons in three acts · SEC

90–61Record
59.6%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2022Peak season
79Avg. percentile
35NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2022 · 11–2Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

45–41 · avg percentile 74
Transition2021–2023

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

27–12 · avg percentile 85
Expansion2024–present

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

18–8 · avg percentile 87

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Butch Jones2014–2017
Jeremy Pruitt2020–2020
Josh Heupel2021–2025

Roster of the era

35 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

616
317
219
220
521
522
323
424
525

Entering Year 13

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