The CFP Era · 2014–present

Texas Tech

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big 12

77–73Record
51.3%Win %
0National titles
1Playoff games
2025Peak season
62Avg. percentile
27NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2025 · 12–2
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

35–49 · avg percentile 54
Transition2021–2023

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

22–17 · avg percentile 69
Expansion2024–present

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

20–7 · avg percentile 82

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Kliff Kingsbury2014–2017
Matt Wells2020–2021
Joey McGuire2022–2025

Roster of the era

27 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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116
217
118
219
220
221
122
223
224
925

Entering Year 13

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