Stanford·Pac-12

2017 — The Winning Chapter

Stanford's 2017 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Alamo Bowl
AP final #15 post-bowls
SP+ +7.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Rice 62-7 L @ USC 24-42 L @ San Sta 17-20 W vs UCLA 58-34 W vs Ariz Sta 34-24 W @ Utah 23-20 W vs Oregon 49-7 W @ Oreg Sta 15-14 L @ Wash St 21-24 W vs Washin 30-22 W vs Califo 17-14 W vs ND 38-20 L @ USC 28-31 L @ TCU 37-39 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Stanford 62, Rice 7. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Stanford 24, USC 42. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Stanford fell to TCU 37-39 in the postseason.

"Fear the Tree"
— Stanford fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Stanford — 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.