College football's winningest teams of the CFP era: Ranking every FBS program's record since 2014

The College Football Playoff era has always been about crowning a champion. But over the past 12 seasons, it has also quietly revealed something else: which programs can actually sustain success in a sport that rarely sits still.

From the four-team format's inception to now, college football has undergone a full-scale transformation. The introduction of the transfer portal reshaped roster building, while NIL deals and revenue sharing turned recruiting into something closer to free agency.

The sport looks and operates very differently than it did before 2014.

And yet, at the top, a familiar group has largely held its ground. Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia and Clemson -- the winningest programs of the CFP era -- have separated themselves not just with championships, but with consistency. What separates them isn't just peak seasons, but the ability to stack wins year after year.

For most programs, maintaining that level of consistency has been nearly impossible.

Recent seasons illustrate just how volatile the CFP era can be. Indiana, for example, surged under Curt Cignetti to become the winningest FBS program over the past two seasons and captured a national title -- yet over the full era, the Hoosiers sit at 76-72 (.514) -- 75th nationally. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State ranked inside the top 20 in winning percentage after 2023, but after posting just four victories over the past two seasons, it has fallen to 36th in the FBS.

That shows just how difficult sustained success has been in this era -- and how quickly programs can rise and fall in the modern game.

At the other end of the spectrum, teams like Charlotte, Kent State, UTEP, Kansas and UMass have struggled to find traction across the CFP era, ranking as the five worst programs in the FBS during that span.

Here is a look at the winning percentage for all of last year's 136 FBS teams since 2014, ranked from best to worst.

Which FBS teams have the best winning percentage since 2014?

* denotes team became FBS member after 2014

Rank		Team	Wins	Losses	Win %
1		Ohio State	141	19	.881
2		Alabama	147	22	.870
3		Georgia	137	27	.835
4		Clemson	136	30	.819
5		James Madison*	40	11	.784
6		Notre Dame	119	37	.763
7		Oklahoma	118	39	.752
8		Oregon	116	41	.739
9		Boise State	115	42	.732
10		Michigan	111	41	.730
11		Penn State	108	48	.692
12		Memphis	107	48	.690
13		LSU	106	48	.688
14		Iowa	105	49	.682
14		Appalachian State	105	49	.682
16		Washington	102	49	.675
16		Utah	102	49	.675
18		Toledo	99	51	.660
19		Jacksonville State*	27	14	.659
20		BYU	101	54	.652
21		Wisconsin	99	53	.651
22		Liberty	65	35	.650
23		TCU	99	54	.647
24		Texas A&M	96	55	.636
24		Ole Miss	96	55	.636
26		USC	95	55	.633
27		Ohio	92	55	.626
28		San Diego State	95	57	.625
28		Marshall	95	57	.625
30		Miami (Fla.)	96	59	.619
30		Texas	96	59	.619
32		Air Force	90	56	.616
33		Western Kentucky	97	62	.610
34		Cincinnati	92	59	.609
35		Houston	90	59	.604
36		Oklahoma State	93	61	.604
37		NC State	92	61	.601
38		Kansas State	91	61	.599
39		Minnesota	89	60	.597
40		Louisiana	93	63	.596
41		Tennessee	90	61	.596
42		Florida State	89	61	.593
43		UCF	89	62	.589
43		Army	89	62	.589
45		Louisville	90	64	.584
46		Florida	88	63	.583
47		Western Michigan	86	62	.581
48		Troy	88	64	.579
49		Missouri	87	64	.576
50		Navy	86	65	.570
51		Coastal Carolina	64	49	.566
52		Washington State	81	64	.559
53		Pittsburgh	86	68	.558
54		Michigan State	81	65	.555
55		Fresno State	83	67	.553
55		SMU	83	67	.553
57		Baylor	83	68	.550
58		Auburn	83	69	.546
59		West Virginia	81	68	.544
60		UAB	67	57	.540
61		Delaware*	7	6	.538
61		Missouri State*	7	6	.538
63		Arizona State	78	67	.538
64		Kentucky	80	70	.533
65		Duke	81	71	.533
66		Mississippi State	80	72	.526
66		Georgia Southern	80	72	.526
68		UTSA	79	72	.523
69		Louisiana Tech	79	73	.520
70		Tulane	80	74	.519
71		Utah State	77	72	.517
72		Indiana	76	72	.514
73		Texas Tech	77	73	.513
74		Wake Forest	76	73	.510
75		Iowa State	77	74	.510
75		Arkansas State	77	74	.510
77		North Carolina	78	75	.510
78		Virginia Tech	77	75	.507
79		Northern Illinois	75	74	.503
80		Northwestern	74	74	.500
81		Stanford	72	73	.497
82		Miami (Ohio)	72	74	.493
83		UCLA	71	73	.493
84		Buffalo	70	73	.490
85		Georgia Tech	72	76	.486
86		USF	71	76	.483
87		South Carolina	71	78	.477
88		North Texas	72	80	.474
89		Central Michigan	69	77	.473
90		California	67	75	.472
91		Wyoming	68	77	.469
92		Kennesaw State*	12	14	.462
93		Boston College	69	81	.460
94		Middle Tennessee	68	80	.459
95		Virginia	67	79	.459
95		Temple	67	79	.459
97		Nebraska	66	79	.455
98		Arizona	65	78	.455
99		Old Dominion	61	75	.449
100		Illinois	65	80	.448
101		Hawaii	68	86	.442
102		East Carolina	63	82	.434
103		Southern Miss	64	84	.432
104		Maryland	61	81	.430
105		Florida Atlantic	62	83	.428
106		South Alabama	63	85	.426
107		Colorado State	60	81	.426
108		Eastern Michigan	61	83	.424
109		Nevada	62	85	.422
110		Syracuse	62	85	.422
111		Arkansas	62	86	.419
112		UNLV	59	86	.407
113		Sam Houston*	15	22	.405
114		Bowling Green	58	86	.403
115		FIU	56	85	.397
116		San Jose State	57	87	.396
117		Colorado	56	86	.394
118		Tulsa	56	88	.389
119		Georgia State	55	91	.377
120		Oregon State	53	89	.373
120		New Mexico	53	89	.373
122		Ball State	52	89	.369
123		Vanderbilt	53	92	.366
124		Texas State	53	94	.361
125		Rutgers	52	93	.359
126		Purdue	51	92	.357
127		New Mexico State	47	92	.338
128		Rice	48	94	.338
129		UConn	45	91	.331
130		Akron	45	96	.319
131		Louisiana-Monroe	43	100	.301
132		Charlotte	38	89	.299
133		Kent State	40	98	.290
134		UTEP	41	101	.289
135		Kansas	39	104	.273
136		UMass	24	112	.176