Baylor has climbed to the top of the national leaderboard in a pretty specific but eye-catching category: combined wins across football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball since 2011.
With 941 wins, the Bears have moved past UConn and now sit alone at No. 1 among FBS programs in the “big three” sports over that span. It’s a number that reflects just how steady Baylor has been across multiple programs for more than a decade.
The benchmark year makes the run even more striking. In 2011, Robert Griffin III won the Heisman Trophy and helped the Bears finish 10-3.
Brittney Griner and the Lady Bears went 40-0 and won a national championship. Scott Drew’s men’s team finished 30-8 and reached the Elite 8.
Put it together, and Baylor posted an 80-11 combined record across its major sports that season, a total the source describes as previously unprecedented.
Drew remains a central figure in that stretch. He is now in his 24th season with Baylor, making him one of the most tenured active Big 12 coaches.
Since arriving, he has turned the men’s program into a regular factor in the conference, and since 2011 his teams have been a near-constant presence in March Madness. That run included the program’s national title in 2021.
The Lady Bears have carried a huge share of the load in Baylor’s rise. They account for more than half of the school’s wins since 2011 and have averaged 31 wins per season over that period. Their success has included championships, undefeated seasons and deep tournament runs, and they are off to a 3-0 start again this year.
That 3-0 start is part of a strong opening across Baylor basketball. The men are also 3-0 after beating Yale, and the next test comes against AP No.
7 Texas. Baylor is unranked in the major polls, so that matchup could tell a lot about where the Bears stand early in the season.
The broader picture is simple: Baylor has gotten used to winning. The source points to Griffin’s Heisman season, Bryce Petty leading Baylor to its first Big 12 championship in 2013, and the 2021 Big 12 title under Dave Aranda as part of that stretch. Aranda’s overall record at Baylor is 40-40 in seven years, and the article notes that underperformance in rivalry games and losses in games Baylor was expected to win were part of the reason he had to go.
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