# 2017 West Florida Argonauts football team

The 2017 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

## Schedule

West Florida announced its 2017 football schedule on February 1, 2017. The schedule consists of 6 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.
The Argonauts will host two of the three non-conference game against Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Midwestern State of the Lone Star Conference and will travel to Missouri S&T of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m | at Missouri S&T* | Allgood–Bailey StadiumRolla, MO | | W 20–16 | 2,000 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 Midwestern State* | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | | Cancelled | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Chowan* | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | W 51-23 | 4,554 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | L 19-30 | 5,416 |
| September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Florida Tech | Florida Tech Panther StadiumMelbourne, FL | ESPN3 | W 23-21 | 3,422 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | W 28-14 | 4,976 |
| October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 21 Delta State | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | L 25-28 | 5,458 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Shorter | Barron StadiumRome, GA | | W 42-29 | 1,075 |
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 25 West Alabama | Tiger StadiumLivingston, AL | ESPN3 | L 18-35 | 6,999 |
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | North Alabama | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | ESPN3 | W 30-7 | 5,590 |
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 24 West Georgia | University StadiumCarrollton, GA | | W 34-29 | 4,217 |
| November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Wingate* | Irwin Belk StadiumWingate, NC (Division II Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | W 31-0 | 1,567 |
| November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Georgia | University StadiumCarrollton, GA (Division II Playoffs Second Round) | BLAB TV | W 17-14 | 1,993 |
| December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 17 West Alabama | Tiger StadiumLivingston, AL (Division II Playoffs Quarterfinals) | | W 28-21 | 6,105 |
| December 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 3 IUP* | Miller StadiumIndiana, PA (Division II Playoffs Semifinals) | ESPN3 | W 27-17 | 2,509 |
| December 16 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce* | Children's Mercy ParkKansas City, KS (Division II National Championship Game) | ESPN2 | L 27-37 | 4,259 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
    The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | — | — | RV | 2 |