2018 — Season 2018

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.8 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Colorado 28-33 L vs Troy 19-24 L @ Michigan 10-56 L vs Purdue 28-42 L @ Wiscon 24-41 L @ Northw 31-34 W vs Minnes 53-28 W vs Bethun 45-9 L @ Ohio St 31-36 W vs Illinois 54-35 W vs Mich St 9-6 L @ Iowa 28-31

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

What It Meant

2018 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.