Troy·Sun Belt

2018 — The Ten-Win Year

Troy's 2018 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 Won the Dollar General Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Bois Sta 20-56 W vs Flor A&M 59-7 W @ Nebraska 24-19 W @ UL Mon 35-27 W vs Coas Car 45-21 W vs Geor Sta 37-20 L @ Liberty 16-22 W @ Sout Ala 38-17 W vs Louisi 26-16 W @ Geor Sou 35-21 W vs Texa Sta 12-7 L @ App Sta 10-21 W vs Buffalo 42-32 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Troy 59, Florida A&M 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Troy 20, Boise State 56. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Troy beat Buffalo 42-32 in the postseason.

"Bleed Cardinal"
— Troy fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Troy — 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.