2021 — Season 2021

Record 12-1
Final Result CFP Title Game
AP Final #1 post-bowls
SP+ +16.1 last-week
Era The Process Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Miami 44-13 W vs Mercer 48-14 W @ Florida 31-29 W vs Sout Mis 63-14 W vs Ole Miss 42-21 L @ Texas A&M 38-41 W @ Miss St 49-9 W vs Tennes 52-24 W vs LSU 20-14 W vs New Sta 59-3 W vs Arkansas 42-35 W @ Auburn 24-22 W vs Georgia 41-24 W vs Cincin 27-6 CFP L vs Georgia 18-33 CFP
What It Meant

2021 ended one game short of the crown. The title-game trip is the chapter's load-bearing fact; the close was the season.