2021 — Season 2021

Record 8-4
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #18 post-bowls
SP+ +9.0 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Penn St 10-16 W vs East Mic 34-7 L vs ND 13-41 L vs Michigan 17-38 W @ Illinois 24-0 W vs Army 20-14 W @ Purdue 30-13 W vs Iowa 27-7 W @ Rutgers 52-3 W vs Northw 35-7 W vs Nebraska 35-28 L @ Minnes 13-23 W @ Ariz Sta 20-13 CFP
What It Meant

2021 (8-4) is a middle chapter — the kind of season that doesn't write headlines but fills the ledger.