Oklahoma State·Big 12

2021 — The Top-10 Year

Oklahoma State finished 2021 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Won the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #9 post-bowls
SP+ +9.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Miss Sta 23-16 W vs Tulsa 28-23 W @ Bois Sta 21-20 W vs Kans Sta 31-20 W vs Baylor 24-14 W @ Texas 32-24 L @ Iowa St 21-24 W vs Kansas 55-3 W @ West Vir 24-3 W vs TCU 63-17 W @ Texa Tec 23-0 W vs Okla 37-33 L vs Baylor 16-21 W @ ND 37-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Oklahoma State 55, Kansas 3. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Oklahoma State 16, Baylor 21. A 5-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Oklahoma State beat Notre Dame 37-35 in the postseason.

"Go Pokes"
— Oklahoma State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Oklahoma State — 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.