The 2017 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 59, Utah State 10. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Top-10 Year
Wisconsin finished 2017 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Alex HornibrookQB2,644 passing yards
- Jonathan TaylorRB1,794 rushing yards
- Bradrick ShawRB365 rushing yards
- Garrett GroshekRB297 rushing yards
- Troy FumagalliTE547 receiving yards
- Quintez CephusWR501 receiving yards
- A.J. TaylorWR475 receiving yards
- Ryan ConnellyILB88 tackles
- T.J. EdwardsILB81 tackles
- Leon JacobsFB60 tackles
- Garret DooleyOLB7.5 sacks
- Alec JamesDE6.5 sacks
- Andrew Van GinkelLB6.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 21, Ohio State 27. A 6-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wisconsin beat Miami 34-24 in the postseason.
"On Wisconsin"
2017 is a middle chapter for Wisconsin — 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.