2018 The Ten-Win Year

Boise State'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
AP Final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +6.1 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Troy 56-20 W vs UConn 62-7 L @ Okla St 21-44 W @ Wyoming 34-14 L vs San Sta 13-19 W @ Nevada 31-27 W vs Colo Sta 56-28 W @ Air For 48-38 W vs BYU 21-16 W vs Fres Sta 24-17 W @ New Mex 45-14 W vs Utah Sta 33-24 L vs Fres Sta 16-19

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Boise State 62, UConn 7. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Boise State 21, Oklahoma State 44. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Be the smurf"
— Boise State fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Boise State — 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.