The CFP Era · 2014–present

Virginia Tech

Twelve seasons in three acts · ACC

77–75Record
50.7%Win %
0National titles
2016Peak season
65Avg. percentile
28NFL draftees

The three-act trajectory

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

FOUNDINGTRANSITIONEXPANSION0255075100141516171819202122232425Peak of the era2016 · 10–4Steepest fall2025
Source CFB Zeitgeist · power ratings
Founding2014–2020

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

52–38 · avg percentile 70
Transition2021–2023

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

16–21 · avg percentile 55
Expansion2024–present

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

9–16 · avg percentile 64

Defining games

Coaches of the era

Frank Beamer2014–2015
Justin Fuente2016–2017
Justin Fuente2020–2020
J.C. Price2021–2021
Brent Pry2022–2025

Roster of the era

28 players drafted into the NFL across the CFP era.

214
215
416
517
119
420
421
122
524

Entering Year 13

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