2016 — The Ten-Win Year

Jacksonville State's 2016 season (10-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-2
Final Result 10-win season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.6 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Nort Ala 31-12 L @ LSU 13-34 W vs Coas Car 27-26 W @ Liberty 48-19 W vs Tenn Tec 40-21 W vs Aust Pea 34-14 W @ East Ken 24-7 W vs East Ill 47-14 W @ Sout Sta 17-10 W @ Murr Sta 33-15 W vs UT Mar 33-7 L vs Youn Sta 24-40
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Jacksonville State 47, Eastern Illinois 14. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Jacksonville State 13, LSU 34. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Rock the House"
— Jacksonville State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Jacksonville 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.