South Alabama·Sun Belt

2022 — The Ten-Win Year

South Alabama's 2022 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 Lost the New Orleans Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nicholls 48-7 W @ Cent Mic 38-24 L @ UCLA 31-32 W vs Loui Tec 38-14 W @ Louisi 20-17 W vs UL Mon 41-34 L vs Troy 6-10 W @ Arka Sta 31-3 W @ Geor Sou 38-31 W vs Texa Sta 38-21 W @ Sout Mis 27-20 W vs Old Dom 27-20 L vs West Ken 23-44 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2022.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: South Alabama 48, Nicholls 7. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: South Alabama 23, Western Kentucky 44. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: South Alabama fell to Western Kentucky 23-44 in the postseason.

"Go Jags"
— South Alabama fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What it meant

2022 is a middle chapter for South Alabama — 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.