Ole Miss·SEC

2021 — The Top-10 Year

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

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Lost the Sugar Bowl
AP final #8 post-bowls
SP+ +6.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Louisv 43-24 W vs Aust Pea 54-17 W vs Tulane 61-21 L @ Alabama 21-42 W vs Arkansas 52-51 W @ Tennes 31-26 W vs LSU 31-17 L @ Auburn 20-31 W vs Liberty 27-14 W vs Texas A&M 29-19 W vs Vander 31-17 W @ Miss St 31-21 L vs Baylor 7-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Ole Miss 21, Alabama 42. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Ole Miss fell to Baylor 7-21 in the postseason.

"Hotty Toddy"
— Ole Miss fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Ole Miss — 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.