Oklahoma State·Big 12

2016 — The Ten-Win Year

Oklahoma State's 2016 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 Alamo Bowl
AP final #13 post-bowls
SP+ +7.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs SE Lou 61-7 L vs Cent Mic 27-30 W vs Pittsb 45-38 L @ Baylor 24-35 W vs Texas 49-31 W vs Iowa St 38-31 W @ Kansas 44-20 W vs West Vir 37-20 W @ Kans Sta 43-37 W vs Texa Tec 45-44 W @ TCU 31-6 L @ Okla 20-38 W @ Colorado 38-8 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Oklahoma State 61, SE Louisiana 7. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Oklahoma State 20, Oklahoma 38. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Oklahoma State beat Colorado 38-8 in the postseason.

"Go Pokes"
— Oklahoma State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Oklahoma 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.