Montana State·Big Sky

2025 — The Ten-Win Year

Montana State's 2025 season (14-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 14-2
Final result 14-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +4.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Oregon 13-59 L vs Sout Sta 24-30 W vs San Die 41-7 W vs Mercyh 17-0 W vs East Was 57-3 W @ Nort Ari 34-10 W vs Idah Sta 48-14 W @ Cal Poly 34-17 W @ Nort Col 55-7 W vs Webe Sta 66-14 W vs UC Davis 38-17 W @ Montana 31-28 W vs Yale 21-13 W vs Step Aus 44-28 W vs Montana 48-23 Bowl W vs Illi Sta 35-34 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: Montana State 57, Eastern Washington 3. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Montana State 13, Oregon 59. A 46-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Montana State beat Illinois State 35-34 in the postseason.

"Go Bobcats!"
— Montana State fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for Montana State — 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.