AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1993
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
8
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 11Road
Unranked LSU 17, No. 5 Alabama 13
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 13Home
Unranked Michigan 28, No. 5 Ohio State 0
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 13Road
No. 17 Boston College 41, No. 1 Notre Dame 39
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
82
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Home
No. 19 Auburn 38, No. 4 Florida 35
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
74
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Michigan State 17, No. 9 Michigan 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Home
No. 17 Oklahoma 44, No. 5 Texas A&M 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
66
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Home
No. 20 Stanford 41, No. 7 Colorado 37
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 12Road
Unranked Arizona State 9, No. 10 UCLA 3
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 3Road
No. 11 Notre Dame 27, No. 3 Michigan 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
62
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Road
No. 18 Michigan 21, No. 7 Penn State 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 8 Florida 41, No. 3 West Virginia 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Road
No. 20 Colorado 27, No. 9 Oklahoma 10
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 13Home
No. 9 West Virginia 17, No. 4 Miami 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 13 Penn State 31, No. 6 Tennessee 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
No. 15 UCLA 37, No. 7 Arizona 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Home
No. 2 Notre Dame 31, No. 1 Florida State 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Boston College 33, No. 13 Syracuse 29
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 9Road
Unranked Illinois 24, No. 13 Michigan 21
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 12Home
Unranked California 24, No. 13 Arizona 20
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 4Home
No. 9 Florida 41, No. 5 Tennessee 34
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 8/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
50
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Home
No. 22 UCLA 39, No. 12 Washington 25
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 2Road
Unranked South Carolina 23, No. 14 Georgia 21
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 9Home
No. 21 Virginia 17, No. 12 North Carolina 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
No. 25 Kansas State 21, No. 14 Oklahoma 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 16 Arizona 29, No. 10 Miami 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
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.