2018 — Season 2018

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Kent Sta 31-24 W vs West Ill 34-14 L vs Sout Flo 19-25 L vs Penn St 24-63 W @ Rutgers 38-17 L vs Purdue 7-46 L @ Wiscon 20-49 L @ Maryland 33-63 W vs Minnes 55-31 L @ Nebraska 35-54 L vs Iowa 0-63 L @ Northw 16-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

What It Meant

2018 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.