2016 — Season 2016

Record 11-3
Final Result 11-win season
AP Final #5 post-bowls
SP+ +8.9 last-week
Era The Sanctions Wilderness
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Kent Sta 33-13 L @ Pittsb 39-42 W vs Temple 34-27 L @ Michigan 10-49 W vs Minnes 29-26 W vs Maryland 38-14 W vs Ohio St 24-21 W @ Purdue 62-24 W vs Iowa 41-14 W @ Indiana 45-31 W @ Rutgers 39-0 W vs Mich St 45-12 W vs Wiscon 38-31 L vs USC 49-52 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 (11-3) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.