The CFP Era · 2014–present

UTEP

Twelve seasons in three acts · Mountain West

41–101Record
28.9%Win %
0National titles
2014Peak season
12Avg. percentile
4NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2014 · 7–6Steepest fall2015
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

21–60 · avg percentile 9
Transition2021–2023

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

15–22 · avg percentile 23
Expansion2024–present

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

5–19 · avg percentile 6

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Sean Kugler2014–2016
Mike Price2017–2017
Dana Dimel2020–2023
Scotty Walden2024–2025

Roster of the era

4 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

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117
223

Entering Year 13

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