West Virginia·Big 12

2015 — The Winning Chapter

West Virginia's 2015 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Cactus Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +6.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Geor Sou 44-0 W vs Liberty 41-17 W vs Maryland 45-6 L @ Okla 24-44 L vs Okla St 26-33 L @ Baylor 38-62 L @ TCU 10-40 W vs Texa Tec 31-26 W vs Texas 38-20 W @ Kansas 49-0 W vs Iowa St 30-6 L @ Kans Sta 23-24 W @ Ariz Sta 43-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: West Virginia 49, Kansas 0. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: West Virginia 10, TCU 40. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: West Virginia beat Arizona State 43-42 in the postseason.

"Let's Go Mountaineers"
— West Virginia fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for West Virginia — 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.