The CFP Era · 2014–present

UNLV

Twelve seasons in three acts · Mountain West

59–86Record
40.7%Win %
0National titles
2024Peak season
33Avg. percentile
1NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2024 · 11–3Steepest fall2021
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

22–57 · avg percentile 25
Transition2021–2023

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

16–22 · avg percentile 34
Expansion2024–present

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

21–7 · avg percentile 60

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Bobby Hauck2014–2014
Tony Sanchez2015–2017
Marcus Arroyo2020–2022
Barry Odom2023–2024
Dan Mullen2025–2025

Roster of the era

1 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

124

Entering Year 13

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