AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1984
The season's 25 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
17
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Syracuse 17, No. 8 Nebraska 9
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 13Home
Unranked Navy 38, No. 9 South Carolina 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 18 USC 20, No. 6 Ohio State 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Kansas 28, No. 10 Oklahoma 11
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Road
Unranked Houston 29, No. 10 Texas 15
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 4 Washington 28, No. 2 Oklahoma 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 14Home
Unranked Baylor 24, No. 13 Texas 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
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- Major upsetWeek 7Home
No. 14 Purdue 28, No. 8 Ohio State 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 9Road
Unranked Houston 29, No. 14 SMU 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Road
Unranked Maryland 42, No. 14 Miami 40
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
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AP score
Full Game · Maryland at Miami: The 31-0 Comeback (Full Game)
- UpsetWeek 9Home
No. 18 West Virginia 21, No. 11 Boston College 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 10Road
Unranked Notre Dame 30, No. 15 LSU 22
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 22/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 9 Oklahoma State 21, No. 7 South Carolina 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Wisconsin 16, No. 16 Ohio State 14
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 Penn State 37, No. 16 Boston College 30
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 13Home
Unranked Mississippi State 16, No. 16 LSU 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
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- UpsetWeek 15Home
Unranked Alabama 17, No. 16 Auburn 15
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
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- UpsetWeek 13Home
No. 19 UCLA 29, No. 14 USC 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
34
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 19 Virginia 27, No. 14 Purdue 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
34
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 14 UCLA 39, No. 13 Miami 37
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
AP score
- UpsetWeek 8Home
Unranked Alabama 6, No. 19 Penn State 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
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- UpsetWeek 11Road
Unranked Virginia 27, No. 19 West Virginia 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
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- UpsetWeek 15Road
Unranked Texas A&M 37, No. 19 Texas 12
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 14/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
28
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- UpsetWeek 6Home
Unranked South Carolina 17, No. 20 Georgia 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 12/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
24
AP score
- UpsetWeek 7Road
Unranked NC State 27, No. 20 Georgia Tech 22
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.