Boise State·Mountain West

2017 — The Ten-Win Year

Boise State's 2017 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season Won the Las Vegas Bowl
AP final #25 post-bowls
SP+ +3.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Troy 24-13 L @ Wash St 44-47 W vs New Mex 28-14 L vs Virginia 23-42 W @ BYU 24-7 W @ San Sta 31-14 W vs Wyoming 24-14 W @ Utah Sta 41-14 W vs Nevada 41-14 W @ Colo Sta 59-52 W vs Air For 44-19 L @ Fres Sta 17-28 W vs Fres Sta 17-14 W @ Oregon 38-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Boise State 41, Utah State 14. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Boise State 23, Virginia 42. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Boise State beat Oregon 38-28 in the postseason.

"Be the smurf"
— Boise State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Boise State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.