West Virginia·Big 12

2021 — The Correction

2021 is a losing-side chapter for West Virginia. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final result Losing season Lost the Guaranteed Rate Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Maryland 24-30 W vs Long Uni 66-0 W vs Virg Tec 27-21 L @ Okla 13-16 L vs Texa Tec 20-23 L @ Baylor 20-45 W @ TCU 29-17 W vs Iowa St 38-31 L vs Okla St 3-24 L @ Kans Sta 17-34 W vs Texas 31-23 W @ Kansas 34-28 L @ Minnes 6-18 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: West Virginia 66, Long Island University 0. A 66-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: West Virginia 20, Baylor 45. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: West Virginia fell to Minnesota 6-18 in the postseason.

"Let's Go Mountaineers"
— West Virginia fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 sits in West Virginia's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.