2021 — Season 2021

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.1 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Nebraska 30-22 L vs UTSA 30-37 L @ Virginia 14-42 L vs Maryland 17-20 L @ Purdue 9-13 W vs Charlo 24-14 L vs Wiscon 0-24 W @ Penn St 20-18 L vs Rutgers 14-20 W @ Minnes 14-6 L @ Iowa 23-33 W vs Northw 47-14
What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.