10 Years removed from the best season in school history, FAU proceeded to honor the 2007 team and shatter expectations, finishing the 2017 season with an 11-3 record, the now-best season in school history. With those 11 wins FAU took home their first ever Conference USA Championship, defeated FIU in the Shula Bowl, and capped off the season with a Boca Raton Bowl beatdown over Akron.
Rat poison aside, I think it’s safe to say that Lane Kiffin and the FAU Owls met expectations in 2017. What will Kiffin and Co. do for an encore? With 15 returning starters, including one of the best players in the nation in Heisman hopeful Devin Singletary, many see FAU repeating as C-USA champs, with a shot at earning the highly coveted New Year’s Six bid.