2021 — Season 2021

Record 7-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +10.2 last-week
Era The Franklin Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Wiscon 16-10 W vs Ball Sta 44-13 W vs Auburn 28-20 W vs Villan 38-17 W vs Indiana 24-0 L @ Iowa 20-23 L vs Illinois 18-20 L @ Ohio St 24-33 W @ Maryland 31-14 L vs Michigan 17-21 W vs Rutgers 28-0 L @ Mich St 27-30 L @ Arkansas 10-24 CFP
What It Meant

2021 (7-5) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.