2021 — Season 2021

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Illinois 22-30 W vs Fordham 52-7 W vs Buffalo 28-3 L @ Okla 16-23 L @ Mich St 20-23 W vs Northw 56-7 L vs Michigan 29-32 L @ Minnes 23-30 L vs Purdue 23-28 L vs Ohio St 17-26 L @ Wiscon 28-35 L vs Iowa 21-28
What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.