2017 — Season 2017

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Ohio St 21-49 W @ Virginia 34-17 W vs Geor Sou 52-17 L @ Penn St 14-45 W vs Char Sou 27-0 L vs Michigan 20-27 L @ Mich St 9-17 L @ Maryland 39-42 L vs Wiscon 17-45 W @ Illinois 24-14 W vs Rutgers 41-0 L @ Purdue 24-31

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.