Cal Poly·Big Sky

2022 — The 2022 Season

Cal Poly's 2022 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+ -12.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Fres Sta 7-35 W vs San Die 28-27 L @ Sout Dak 21-38 L vs Sacr Sta 21-49 L @ Nort Ari 29-31 L @ Idah Sta 31-40 L vs East Was 10-17 L @ UC Davis 17-59 L @ Montana 0-57 L vs Mont Sta 28-72 W vs Port Sta 49-42
Defining moments
The statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Cal Poly 49, Portland State 42. A 7-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Cal Poly 0, Montana 57. A 57-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Ride High, You Mustangs"
— Cal Poly fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What it meant

2022 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.