San Diego State·Mountain West

2021 — The Ten-Win Year

San Diego State's 2021 season (12-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Won the Frisco Bowl
AP final #19 post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs New Sta 28-10 W @ Arizona 38-14 W vs Utah 33-31 W vs Towson 48-21 W vs New Mex 31-7 W @ San Sta 19-13 W @ Air For 20-14 L vs Fres Sta 20-30 W @ Hawai'i 17-10 W vs Nevada 23-21 W @ UNLV 28-20 W vs Bois Sta 27-16 L vs Utah Sta 13-46 W vs UTSA 38-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: San Diego State 48, Towson 21. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: San Diego State 13, Utah State 46. A 33-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: San Diego State beat UTSA 38-24 in the postseason.

"Go Aztecs"
— San Diego State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for San Diego 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.