The CFP Era · 2014–present

Texas State

Twelve seasons in three acts · Pac-12

53–94Record
36.1%Win %
0National titles
2025Peak season
26Avg. percentile
2NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2025 · 7–6Steepest fall2015
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

22–62 · avg percentile 15
Transition2021–2023

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

16–21 · avg percentile 27
Expansion2024–present

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

15–11 · avg percentile 62

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Dennis Franchione2014–2015
Everett Withers2016–2017
Jake Spavital2020–2022
G.J. Kinne2023–2025

Roster of the era

2 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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Entering Year 13

The 2026 season opens the next chapter of the expansion era under G.J. Kinne. See the 2014–2025 program page →