2017 — Season 2017

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Texas 51-41 W vs Towson 63-17 L vs UCF 10-38 W @ Minnes 31-24 L @ Ohio St 14-62 L vs Northw 21-37 L @ Wiscon 13-38 W vs Indiana 42-39 L @ Rutgers 24-31 L vs Michigan 10-35 L @ Mich St 7-17 L vs Penn St 3-66

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.