Baylor·Big 12

2024 — The Winning Chapter

Baylor's 2024 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Texas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +4.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Tarl Sta 45-3 L @ Utah 12-23 W vs Air For 31-3 L @ Colorado 31-38 L vs BYU 28-34 L @ Iowa St 21-43 W @ Texa Tec 59-35 W vs Okla St 38-28 W vs TCU 37-34 W @ West Vir 49-35 W @ Houston 20-10 W vs Kansas 45-17 L @ LSU 31-44 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Baylor 45, Tarleton State 3. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Baylor 21, Iowa State 43. A 22-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Baylor fell to LSU 31-44 in the postseason.

"Sic 'em"
— Baylor fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

2024 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.