according to SI and strictly from the national rank of each school

10. Butler vs. Youngstown State
Sept. 1, 2018
Final score: 23-21, Butler

9. Navy vs. Notre Dame,
Nov. 3, 2007
Final score: 46-44, Navy

8. Temple vs. Virginia Tech,
Oct. 18, 1998
Final score: 28-24, Temple

7. James Madison vs. Virginia Tech,
Sept. 11, 2010
Final score: 21-16, James Madison

6. Carnegie Tech vs. Notre Dame,
Nov. 27, 1926
Final score: 19-0, Carnegie Tech

5. Howard vs. UNLV,
Sept. 2, 2017
Final score: 43-40, Howard (this was also the biggest spread failure in history)

4. University of Washington vs. Oregon State,
Oct. 19, 1985
Final score: 21-20, Oregon State

3. Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma,
Nov. 16, 1957
Final score: 7-0, Notre Dame

2. Stanford vs. USC,
Oct. 6, 2007
Final score: 24-23, Stanford

1. Appalachian State vs. Michigan,
Sept. 1, 2007
Final score: 34-32, Appalachian State

Tied

1. Utah State vs LSU
October 5, 2019
Final score TBD

Sad to think there was a time Washington beating Oregon State was the third biggest upset of all time.


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The two biggest upsets in history (and three of the top 10) were all in 2007. I remember SBNation had a big piece arguing that 2007 was the craziest college football season of all time. I remember they ranked the biggest upsets that year and I don't think the Navy/Notre Dame game made their list.

I did a quick Google search and found it:

https://www.sbnation.com/a/2007-college ... est-upsets

Navy/Notre Dame made the list, but it wasn't in their top 10.

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑

October 3rd, 2019, 12:53 pm

Sad to think there was a time Washington beating Oregon State was the third biggest upset of all time.


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Oregon State beat Washington. That was the upset. Apparently it would have then (in 1985) been the second biggest upset of all time.

I’m not sure why it was such a big deal. Washington didn’t have a great season in 1985. They lost early in the year by four touchdowns to BYU (in a matchup of the previous season’s #1 and #2) and also lost at home to a 4-7 Washington State.

Maybe they were still overrated from their 1984 success.

StanfordAggie wrote: ↑

October 3rd, 2019, 2:22 pm

The two biggest upsets in history (and three of the top 10) were all in 2007. I remember SBNation had a big piece arguing that 2007 was the craziest college football season of all time. I remember they ranked the biggest upsets that year and I don't think the Navy/Notre Dame game made their list.

I did a quick Google search and found it:

https://www.sbnation.com/a/2007-college ... est-upsets

Navy/Notre Dame made the list, but it wasn't in their top 10.

WUT! Some gems from that one

4. ULM 21, ALABAMA 14 (-24.5)
Nick Saban’s first Bama team was a lot better than you remember, other than the fact that it lost to a mediocre Sun Belt team.

However, it lost to a mediocre Sun Belt team.


UTAH 44, NO. 11 UCLA 6 (-15)
If you beat Vegas by 53 points, you must be mentioned.