South Florida·American Athletic

2017 — The Ten-Win Year

South Florida's 2017 season (10-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-2
Final result 10-win season Won the Birmingham Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +3.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ San Sta 42-22 W vs Ston Bro 31-17 W vs Illinois 47-23 W vs Temple 43-7 W @ East Car 61-31 W vs Cincin 33-3 W @ Tulane 34-28 L vs Houston 24-28 W @ UConn 37-20 W vs Tulsa 27-20 L @ UCF 42-49 W vs Texa Tec 38-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: South Florida 43, Temple 7. A 36-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: South Florida 42, UCF 49. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: South Florida beat Texas Tech 38-34 in the postseason.

"Go Bulls"
— South Florida fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for South Florida — 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.