2016 — Season 2016

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +2.6 last-week
Era The Collapse
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs ND 50-47 W vs UTEP 41-7 L @ Califo 43-50 L @ Okla St 31-49 L @ Okla 40-45 W vs Iowa St 27-6 L @ Kans Sta 21-24 W vs Baylor 35-34 W @ Texa Tec 45-37 L vs West Vir 20-24 L @ Kansas 21-24 L vs TCU 9-31
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.