2018 The Ten-Win Year

Syracuse'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 #17 post-bowls
SP+ +4.0 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ West Mic 55-42 W vs Wagner 62-10 W vs FSU 30-7 W vs UConn 51-21 L @ Clemson 23-27 L @ Pittsb 37-44 W vs UNC 40-37 W vs NC State 51-41 W @ Wake For 41-24 W vs Louisv 54-23 L @ ND 3-36 W @ Bost Col 42-21 W vs West Vir 34-18 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Syracuse 62, Wagner 10. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Syracuse 3, Notre Dame 36. A 33-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Syracuse beat West Virginia 34-18 in the postseason.

"Otto, Otto"
— Syracuse fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Syracuse — 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.