The CFP Era · 2014–present

Toledo

Twelve seasons in three acts · Mid-American

99–51Record
66.0%Win %
0National titles
2015Peak season
63Avg. percentile
13NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2015 · 10–2Steepest fall2019
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

56–27 · avg percentile 60
Transition2021–2023

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

27–14 · avg percentile 68
Expansion2024–present

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

16–10 · avg percentile 68

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Matt Campbell2014–2014
Jason Candle2015–2017
Jason Candle2020–2025

Roster of the era

13 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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218
221
122
123
124
225

Entering Year 13

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