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2018 — The Ten-Win Year

LSU's 2018 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #11 post-bowls
SP+ +11.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Miami 33-17 W vs SE Lou 31-0 W @ Auburn 22-21 W vs Loui Tec 38-21 W vs Ole Miss 45-16 L @ Florida 19-27 W vs Georgia 36-16 W vs Miss St 19-3 L vs Alabama 0-29 W @ Arkansas 24-17 W vs Rice 42-10 L @ Texas A&M 72-74 W @ UCF 40-32 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: LSU 42, Rice 10. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: LSU 0, Alabama 29. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: LSU beat UCF 40-32 in the postseason.

"Saturday night in Death Valley"
— LSU fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for LSU — 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.