2017 — Season 2017

Record 13-2
Final Result CFP Title Game
AP Final #3 post-bowls
SP+ +15.1 last-week
Era The Smart Dynasty
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs App Sta 31-10 W @ ND 20-19 W vs Samford 42-14 W vs Miss St 31-3 W @ Tennes 41-0 W @ Vander 45-14 W vs Missouri 53-28 W @ Florida 42-7 W vs S Caro 24-10 L @ Auburn 17-40 W vs Kentucky 42-13 W @ Geor Tec 38-7 W @ Auburn 28-7 W @ Okla 54-48 CFP L vs Alabama 23-26 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 ended one game short of the crown. The title-game trip is the chapter's load-bearing fact; the close was the season.