Wisconsin·Big Ten

2017 — The Top-10 Year

Wisconsin finished 2017 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 13-1
Final result 13-win season Won the Orange Bowl
AP final #6 post-bowls
SP+ +10.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Utah Sta 59-10 W vs Flor Atl 31-14 W @ BYU 40-6 W vs Northw 33-24 W @ Nebraska 38-17 W vs Purdue 17-9 W vs Maryland 38-13 W @ Illinois 24-10 W @ Indiana 45-17 W vs Iowa 38-14 W vs Michigan 24-10 W @ Minnes 31-0 L vs Ohio St 21-27 W @ Miami 34-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 59, Utah State 10. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 21, Ohio State 27. A 6-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Wisconsin beat Miami 34-24 in the postseason.

"On Wisconsin"
— Wisconsin fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Wisconsin — 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.