Cal Poly·Big Sky

2021 — The 2021 Season

Cal Poly's 2021 season (2-9) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 2-9
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -12.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ San Die 28-17 L @ Fres Sta 10-63 L vs Sout Dak 14-48 L @ Montana 7-39 L vs Webe Sta 7-38 L @ Mont Sta 7-45 L vs UC Davis 13-24 L @ Port Sta 21-42 L @ Sacr Sta 9-41 W vs Idah Sta 32-29 L vs Nort Ari 21-45
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Cal Poly 28, San Diego 17. A 11-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Cal Poly 10, Fresno State 63. A 53-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Ride High, You Mustangs"
— Cal Poly fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Cal Poly — 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.