AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1947
The season's 11 strongest AP-defined upsets, led by the quality of the ranked team defeated and the game-time ranking gap.
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Upsets ranked
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Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 11 AP upsets
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Purdue 14, No. 12 Illinois 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
Unranked Arkansas 21, No. 13 William & Mary 19
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
No. 19 Columbia 21, No. 11 Army 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- UpsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Arkansas 19, No. 15 Ole Miss 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 22/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 6Road
No. 19 North Carolina 13, No. 12 William & Mary 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetWeek 4Home
Unranked Georgia 35, No. 17 LSU 19
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 18/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
36
AP score
- UpsetWeek 4Home
Unranked Vanderbilt 14, No. 18 Alabama 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 5Road
Unranked Wake Forest 19, No. 18 North Carolina 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 4Home
Unranked Northwestern 27, No. 19 UCLA 26
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
AP score
- UpsetWeek 5Road
No. 20 Yale 17, No. 17 Columbia 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 18/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
24
AP score
- UpsetWeek 2Home
Unranked Ole Miss 14, No. 20 Kentucky 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 12/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
24
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.