Kentucky·SEC

2021 — The Ten-Win Year

Kentucky's 2021 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Citrus Bowl
AP final #25 post-bowls
SP+ +7.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs UL Mon 45-10 W vs Missouri 35-28 W vs Chatta 28-23 W @ S Caro 16-10 W vs Florida 20-13 W vs LSU 42-21 L @ Georgia 13-30 L @ Miss St 17-31 L vs Tennes 42-45 W @ Vander 34-17 W vs New Sta 56-16 W @ Louisv 52-21 W vs Iowa 20-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Kentucky 56, New Mexico State 16. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Kentucky 13, Georgia 30. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Kentucky beat Iowa 20-17 in the postseason.

"Go Cats"
— Kentucky fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Kentucky — 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.