The CFP Era · 2014–present

UTSA

Twelve seasons in three acts · American Athletic

79–72Record
52.3%Win %
0National titles
2023Peak season
49Avg. percentile
5NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2023 · 9–4Steepest fall2018
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

33–51 · avg percentile 29
Transition2021–2023

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

32–9 · avg percentile 78
Expansion2024–present

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

14–12 · avg percentile 78

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Larry Coker2014–2015
Frank Wilson2016–2017
Jeff Traylor2020–2025

Roster of the era

5 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

115
117
221
124

Entering Year 13

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