Troy·Sun Belt

2023 — The Ten-Win Year

Troy's 2023 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season Lost the Birmingham Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +5.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Step Aus 48-30 L @ Kans Sta 13-42 L vs Jame Mad 14-16 W vs West Ken 27-24 W @ Geor Sta 28-7 W vs Arka Sta 37-3 W @ Army 19-0 W @ Texa Sta 31-13 W vs Sout Ala 28-10 W @ UL Mon 45-14 W vs Louisi 31-24 W @ Sout Mis 35-17 W vs App Sta 49-23 L @ Duke 10-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: Troy 37, Arkansas State 3. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Troy 13, Kansas State 42. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Troy fell to Duke 10-17 in the postseason.

"Bleed Cardinal"
— Troy fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 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.