AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1941
The season's 12 strongest AP-defined upsets, led by the quality of the ranked team defeated and the game-time ranking gap.
12
Upsets ranked
6
Unranked winners
0
Market-confirmed
Top 12 AP upsets
- Historic upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 18 Alabama 29, No. 2 Texas A&M 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
80
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 17 Oregon State 20, No. 3 Duke 16
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
74
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Home
Unranked Oregon State 10, No. 9 Stanford 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Road
Unranked Tulane 34, No. 12 Vanderbilt 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Home
Unranked Rice 10, No. 14 Tulane 9
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 8 Fordham 2, No. 7 Missouri 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Washington State 7, No. 16 Oregon State 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 2Home
Unranked USC 13, No. 18 Oregon State 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 16/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
32
AP score
- UpsetWeek 6Home
Unranked South Carolina 18, No. 18 Clemson 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 16/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
32
AP score
- UpsetWeek 3Road
No. 17 Mississippi State 14, No. 15 Alabama 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 22/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
26
AP score
- UpsetWeek 2Home
No. 19 Stanford 19, No. 16 Oregon 15
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
26
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 20 Georgia 40, No. 19 TCU 26
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
16
AP score
How the ranking works
An upset qualifies only when the winner was unranked or ranked below an AP Top 25 opponent at kickoff. Regular-season games use that game's AP poll week; postseason games use the last regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. The 100-point score splits evenly between defeated-opponent strength and ranking gap. Betting lines and pregame win probability are shown separately as supporting evidence and never change the AP score, so missing market data cannot lower a game.