AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1995
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
12
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 11Home
No. 24 Virginia 33, No. 2 Florida State 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 44/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
92
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 7Road
No. 24 Kansas 40, No. 4 Colorado 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 40/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
84
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 4Home
Unranked LSU 12, No. 5 Auburn 6
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 14Home
No. 18 Michigan 31, No. 2 Ohio State 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
80
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Wisconsin 17, No. 6 Penn State 9
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 40/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
80
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 11Home
Unranked Michigan State 28, No. 7 Michigan 25
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 17 USC 41, No. 3 Northwestern 32
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
74
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Road
No. 25 Northwestern 19, No. 7 Michigan 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 36/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
74
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Texas Tech 14, No. 8 Texas A&M 7
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 2Road
Unranked Northwestern 17, No. 9 Notre Dame 15
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 7Home
Unranked North Carolina 22, No. 9 Virginia 17
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 9Home
No. 17 Notre Dame 38, No. 5 USC 10
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 10Road
Unranked Arizona State 35, No. 10 Oregon 24
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 10Home
Unranked Arkansas 30, No. 11 Auburn 28
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 13Road
Unranked UCLA 24, No. 11 USC 20
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 10Home
No. 14 Kansas State 41, No. 6 Kansas 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 5Road
Unranked Stanford 28, No. 12 Oregon 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 5Home
No. 7 Colorado 29, No. 3 Texas A&M 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 8/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Road
Unranked Arkansas 20, No. 13 Alabama 19
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 13Home
Unranked LSU 28, No. 14 Arkansas 0
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 8 Florida State 31, No. 6 Notre Dame 26
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 4Road
No. 20 Oregon 38, No. 12 UCLA 31
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
44
AP score
- UpsetWeek 13Road
No. 9 Colorado 27, No. 7 Kansas State 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 13 Virginia Tech 28, No. 9 Texas 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 8/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetWeek 13Home
No. 19 Penn State 27, No. 12 Michigan 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 14/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
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.