The CFP Era · 2014–present

UConn

Twelve seasons in three acts · FBS Independents

45–91Record
33.1%Win %
0National titles
2025Peak season
17Avg. percentile
9NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION02550751001415161718192122232425Peak of the era2025 · 9–4Steepest fall2016
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

17–56 · avg percentile 13
Transition2021–2023

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

10–27 · avg percentile 12
Expansion2024–present

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

18–8 · avg percentile 39

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bob Diaco2014–2016
Randy Edsall2017–2017
Lou Spanos2021–2021
Jim Mora2022–2025

Roster of the era

9 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 Jim Mora. See the 2014–2025 program page →