2016 — Season 2016

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #21 post-bowls
SP+ +3.1 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Miam (OH 45-21 W vs Iowa St 42-3 L vs Nort Sta 21-23 W @ Rutgers 14-7 L vs Northw 31-38 W @ Minnes 14-7 W @ Purdue 49-35 L vs Wiscon 9-17 L @ Penn St 14-41 W vs Michigan 14-13 W @ Illinois 28-0 W vs Nebraska 40-10 L vs Florida 3-30 CFP
What It Meant

2016 (8-5) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.