2016 — Season 2016

Record 14-1
Final Result CFP Title Game
AP Final #1 post-bowls
SP+ +17.9 last-week
Era The Process Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs USC 52-6 W vs West Ken 38-10 W @ Ole Miss 48-43 W vs Kent Sta 48-0 W vs Kentucky 34-6 W @ Arkansas 49-30 W @ Tennes 49-10 W vs Texas A&M 33-14 W @ LSU 10-0 W vs Miss St 51-3 W vs Chatta 31-3 W vs Auburn 30-12 W @ Florida 54-16 W vs Washin 24-7 CFP L vs Clemson 31-35 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 ended one game short of the crown. The title-game trip is the chapter's load-bearing fact; the close was the season.