2016 — Season 2016

Record 9-4
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Arka Sta 31-10 W vs Maine 45-3 W vs Fres Sta 52-17 L @ BYU 53-55 W @ East Mic 35-20 W vs Bowl Gre 42-35 W vs Cent Mic 31-17 L vs Ohio 26-31 W @ Akron 48-17 W @ Nort Ill 31-24 W vs Ball Sta 37-19 L @ West Mic 35-55 L vs App Sta 28-31 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 (9-4) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.