For more than a decade, one word has defined the current iteration of offensive football in college: spread.
The spread offense scatters players wide all across the field. It’s designed to be distribution-friendly. It forces defenses to worry about every eligible ball carrier on the field, and horizontal inches as well as vertical.
Hal Mumme has a notable quote in this love letter to the spread (a series of concepts even coaches can’t agree upon,) wherein he notes that teams aren’t going to win in 12 formations or 22 sets post-spread — there’s no going back.