The CFP Era · 2014–present

UAB

Twelve seasons in three acts · American Athletic

67–57Record
54.0%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
37Avg. percentile
6NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION025507510014171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 9–4Steepest fall2023
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

40–22 · avg percentile 39
Transition2021–2023

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

20–18 · avg percentile 48
Expansion2024–present

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

7–17 · avg percentile 16

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bill Clark2014–2014
Bill Clark2017–2017
Bill Clark2020–2021
Bryant Vincent2022–2022
Trent Dilfer2023–2025

Roster of the era

6 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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123

Entering Year 13

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