AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 2000
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
18
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 2Home
Unranked UCLA 35, No. 3 Alabama 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 6Home
Unranked Mississippi State 47, No. 3 Florida 35
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 4Home
Unranked Stanford 27, No. 5 Texas 24
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 10Road
Unranked Georgia Tech 31, No. 5 Clemson 28
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 5Home
Unranked Oregon 29, No. 6 UCLA 10
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 7Home
Unranked Purdue 32, No. 6 Michigan 31
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 8Road
Unranked Minnesota 29, No. 6 Ohio State 17
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 5Road
Unranked Northwestern 47, No. 7 Wisconsin 44
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 6Home
Unranked Oregon State 31, No. 8 USC 21
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 UCLA 23, No. 3 Michigan 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Home
No. 16 Kansas State 29, No. 4 Nebraska 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
No. 20 Oregon 23, No. 6 Washington 16
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Home
Unranked South Carolina 21, No. 9 Georgia 10
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 11Home
Unranked San José State 27, No. 9 TCU 24
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 12Home
Unranked Michigan State 30, No. 9 Purdue 10
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. 15 Washington 34, No. 4 Miami 29
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
66
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Texas A&M 26, No. 10 Kansas State 10
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 7Home
No. 7 Miami 27, No. 1 Florida State 24
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
62
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Road
No. 8 Oklahoma 41, No. 2 Kansas State 31
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 12/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked LSU 38, No. 11 Tennessee 31
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 12Home
Unranked Iowa 27, No. 12 Northwestern 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 upsetWeek 10Home
No. 3 Oklahoma 31, No. 1 Nebraska 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 4/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Home
Unranked California 46, No. 13 UCLA 38
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 9Home
Unranked LSU 45, No. 13 Mississippi State 38
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 11Road
Unranked Louisville 49, No. 13 Southern Miss 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
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.