2017 — Season 2017

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Charlo 24-7 W @ Rutgers 16-13 L vs Ohio 20-27 L @ Kentucky 20-24 L @ Toledo 15-20 L @ Army 27-28 L vs West Mic 17-20 L @ Nort Ill 27-30 W vs Ball Sta 56-14 L @ Cent Mic 30-42 W @ Miam (OH 27-24 W vs Bowl Gre 34-31

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.