The CFP Era · 2014–present

UCLA

Twelve seasons in three acts · Big Ten

71–73Record
49.3%Win %
0National titles
2021Peak season
64Avg. percentile
44NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2021 · 8–4Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

38–44 · avg percentile 59
Transition2021–2023

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

25–13 · avg percentile 82
Expansion2024–present

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

8–16 · avg percentile 56

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Jim Mora2014–2017
Chip Kelly2020–2023
Deshaun Foster2024–2025

Roster of the era

44 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

314
815
516
517
118
319
220
621
422
223
524

Entering Year 13

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