The CFP Era · 2014–present

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Twelve seasons in three acts · American Athletic

56–88Record
38.9%Win %
0National titles
2016Peak season
35Avg. percentile
5NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2016 · 10–3Steepest fall2017
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

33–50 · avg percentile 39
Transition2021–2023

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

16–21 · avg percentile 40
Expansion2024–present

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

7–17 · avg percentile 13

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bill Blankenship2014–2014
Philip Montgomery2015–2017
Philip Montgomery2020–2022
Kevin Wilson2023–2024
Tre Lamb2025–2025

Roster of the era

5 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 Tre Lamb. See the 2014–2025 program page →