2017 The 2017 Season

Utah's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #20 post-bowls
SP+ +5.1 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Nort Dak 37-16 W @ BYU 19-13 W vs San Sta 54-16 W @ Arizona 30-24 L vs Stanford 20-23 L @ USC 27-28 L vs Ariz Sta 10-30 L @ Oregon 20-41 W vs UCLA 48-17 L vs Wash St 25-33 L @ Washin 30-33 W vs Colorado 34-13 W @ West Vir 30-14 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Utah 54, San José State 16. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Utah 20, Oregon 41. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Utah beat West Virginia 30-14 in the postseason.

"Go Utes"
— Utah fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Utah — 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.