AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1960
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 upsetWeek 10Road
No. 13 Purdue 23, No. 4 Minnesota 14
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 8Home
Unranked TCU 14, No. 11 Baylor 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Home
Unranked North Carolina 7, No. 11 Duke 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 4 Washington 17, No. 1 Minnesota 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Road
No. 10 Kansas 23, No. 5 Missouri 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 11 Duke 7, No. 6 Arkansas 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
50
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 9Home
Unranked Georgia Tech 14, No. 14 Tennessee 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- UpsetWeek 8Road
No. 14 Pittsburgh 10, No. 9 Syracuse 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 6Home
No. 10 Purdue 24, No. 9 Ohio State 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
36
AP score
- UpsetWeek 9Home
Unranked Army 9, No. 17 Syracuse 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 18/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
36
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.