AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1992
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
13
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 7Road
Unranked Arkansas 25, No. 4 Tennessee 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 44/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
88
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 13Home
Unranked Washington State 42, No. 5 Washington 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 42/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
84
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 12Home
Unranked Iowa State 19, No. 7 Nebraska 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Home
No. 12 Arizona 16, No. 1 Washington 3
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Road
Unranked Arizona 21, No. 8 Stanford 6
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 4Home
No. 14 Tennessee 31, No. 4 Florida 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Road
No. 18 Stanford 33, No. 6 Notre Dame 16
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
No. 20 Florida 26, No. 7 Georgia 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Road
No. 21 Ohio State 35, No. 8 Syracuse 12
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
62
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Road
No. 25 Clemson 29, No. 10 Virginia 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
62
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Arizona 23, No. 11 UCLA 3
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 8Road
No. 20 Boston College 35, No. 9 Penn State 32
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Wisconsin 20, No. 12 Ohio State 16
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
No. 2 Alabama 34, No. 1 Miami 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
Full Game · 1992 Alabama vs. Miami (Bowl Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 12Home
No. 18 USC 14, No. 9 Arizona 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Road
Unranked USC 20, No. 13 Oklahoma 10
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 11Home
No. 21 Stanford 23, No. 11 USC 9
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
50
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
No. 24 Mississippi State 30, No. 13 Florida 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked BYU 30, No. 14 Penn State 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 5 Notre Dame 28, No. 4 Texas A&M 3
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- UpsetWeek 8Home
Unranked South Carolina 21, No. 15 Mississippi State 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 22/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 13Home
Unranked UCLA 38, No. 15 USC 37
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 22/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 1Home
Unranked NC State 24, No. 16 Iowa 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 5Home
Unranked Georgia Tech 20, No. 16 Clemson 16
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Texas 34, No. 16 Oklahoma 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
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.