Baylor·Big 12

2014 — The Top-10 Year

Baylor finished 2014 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 11-2
Final result 11-win season Lost the Cotton Bowl Classic
AP final #4 post-bowls
SP+ +10.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs SMU 45-0 W vs Nort Sta 70-6 W @ Buffalo 63-21 W @ Iowa St 49-28 W @ Texas 28-7 W vs TCU 61-58 L @ West Vir 27-41 W vs Kansas 60-14 W @ Okla 48-14 W vs Okla St 49-28 W @ Texa Tec 48-46 W vs Kans Sta 38-27 L vs Mich St 41-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Baylor 70, Northwestern State 6. A 64-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Baylor 27, West Virginia 41. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Baylor fell to Michigan State 41-42 in the postseason.

"Sic 'em"
— Baylor fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Baylor — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.