2017 — Season 2017

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.3 last-week
Era The Mason Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Midd Ten 28-6 W vs Alab A&M 42-0 W vs Kans Sta 14-7 L vs Alabama 0-59 L @ Florida 24-38 L vs Georgia 14-45 L @ Ole Miss 35-57 L @ S Caro 27-34 W vs West Ken 31-17 L vs Kentucky 21-44 L vs Missouri 17-45 W @ Tennes 42-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.