2021 — Season 2021

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final #14 post-bowls
SP+ +2.6 last-week
Era The Post-Sanctions Wilderness
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs San Sta 30-7 L vs Stanford 28-42 W @ Wash St 45-14 L vs Oreg Sta 27-45 W @ Colorado 37-14 L vs Utah 26-42 L @ ND 16-31 W vs Arizona 41-34 L @ Ariz Sta 16-31 L vs UCLA 33-62 L vs BYU 31-35 L @ Califo 14-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.