AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1957
The season's 10 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 10 AP upsets
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 18 Tennessee 3, No. 4 Texas A&M 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Purdue 20, No. 8 Michigan State 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 36/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
No. 13 Rice 7, No. 4 Texas A&M 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
62
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Road
No. 9 Notre Dame 7, No. 6 Oklahoma 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- UpsetWeek 9Road
Unranked Washington 13, No. 16 Oregon 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 11Road
Unranked North Carolina 21, No. 16 Duke 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 11Home
Unranked Kentucky 20, No. 18 Tennessee 6
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
No. 16 Illinois 34, No. 14 Minnesota 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
AP score
- UpsetWeek 9Road
Unranked William & Mary 7, No. 19 NC State 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
AP score
- UpsetWeek 8Home
No. 18 Georgia Tech 13, No. 16 Duke 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 4/50
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.