AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 1999
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
15
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 11Road
Unranked Minnesota 24, No. 2 Penn State 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
96
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 12Home
Unranked Arkansas 28, No. 3 Tennessee 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
92
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 1Home
Unranked Penn State 41, No. 4 Arizona 7
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 6Home
Unranked Texas Tech 21, No. 5 Texas A&M 19
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 6Road
No. 21 Alabama 40, No. 3 Florida 39
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 36/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
82
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 9Home
No. 18 Texas 24, No. 3 Nebraska 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 11Home
Unranked Virginia 45, No. 7 Georgia Tech 38
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 8Home
No. 20 Purdue 52, No. 5 Michigan State 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 14Home
No. 24 Texas A&M 20, No. 7 Texas 16
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 1Home
Unranked Miami 23, No. 9 Ohio State 12
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 4Home
Unranked Cincinnati 17, No. 9 Wisconsin 12
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 5Home
Unranked East Carolina 27, No. 9 Miami 23
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 9Road
Unranked Illinois 35, No. 9 Michigan 29
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
No. 11 Michigan State 34, No. 3 Michigan 31
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 12Road
No. 16 Michigan 31, No. 6 Penn State 27
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Wisconsin 42, No. 12 Ohio State 17
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. 25 Oregon 24, No. 12 Minnesota 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Home
No. 4 Florida 23, No. 2 Tennessee 21
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 9Home
Unranked Oklahoma 51, No. 13 Texas A&M 6
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetPostseasonNeutral
No. 8 Michigan 35, No. 5 Alabama 34
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 13Home
No. 22 Arkansas 14, No. 12 Mississippi State 9
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 2Home
Unranked Colorado State 41, No. 14 Colorado 14
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 5Home
Unranked Alabama 35, No. 14 Arkansas 28
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 Auburn 38, 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 13Home
Unranked Wake Forest 26, No. 14 Georgia Tech 23
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 24/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
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.