2017 — Season 2017

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #19 post-bowls
SP+ +6.5 last-week
Era The Harbaugh Return
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Florida 33-17 W vs Cincin 36-14 W vs Air For 29-13 W @ Purdue 28-10 L vs Mich St 10-14 W @ Indiana 27-20 L @ Penn St 13-42 W vs Rutgers 35-14 W vs Minnes 33-10 W @ Maryland 35-10 L @ Wiscon 10-24 L vs Ohio St 20-31 L @ S Caro 19-26 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 (8-5) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.