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AP upset archive

Biggest College Football Upsets of 2007

The season's 25 strongest AP-defined upsets, led by the quality of the ranked team defeated and the game-time ranking gap.

25

Upsets ranked

22

Unranked winners

0

Market-confirmed

Top 25 AP upsets

  1. Historic upsetWeek 11Road

    Unranked Illinois 28, No. 1 Ohio State 21

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 50/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    100

    AP score

  2. Historic upsetWeek 13Road

    Unranked Arkansas 50, No. 1 LSU 48

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 50/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    100

    AP score

  3. Historic upsetWeek 6Road

    Unranked Stanford 24, No. 2 USC 23

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

    Full Game · Stanford at USC (Full Broadcast)

  4. Historic upsetWeek 7Road

    Unranked Oregon State 31, No. 2 California 28

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

  5. Historic upsetWeek 8Home

    Unranked Rutgers 30, No. 2 South Florida 27

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

  6. Historic upsetWeek 10Road

    Unranked Florida State 27, No. 2 Boston College 17

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

  7. Historic upsetWeek 12Home

    Unranked Arizona 34, No. 2 Oregon 24

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

  8. Historic upsetWeek 14Road

    Unranked Pittsburgh 13, No. 2 West Virginia 9

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    96

    AP score

  9. Historic upsetWeek 5Home

    Unranked Colorado 27, No. 3 Oklahoma 24

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    92

    AP score

  10. Historic upsetWeek 12Home

    Unranked Texas Tech 34, No. 3 Oklahoma 27

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    92

    AP score

  11. Historic upsetWeek 5Road

    Unranked Auburn 20, No. 4 Florida 17

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 44/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    88

    AP score

  12. Historic upsetWeek 6Home

    Unranked Illinois 31, No. 5 Wisconsin 26

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 42/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    84

    AP score

  13. Historic upsetWeek 7Home

    No. 17 Kentucky 43, No. 1 LSU 37

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 32/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    82

    AP score

  14. Historic upsetWeek 8Road

    Unranked Vanderbilt 17, No. 6 South Carolina 6

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 40/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    80

    AP score

  15. Historic upsetWeek 5Road

    Unranked Kansas State 41, No. 7 Texas 21

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    76

    AP score

  16. Major upsetWeek 11Home

    Unranked Maryland 42, No. 8 Boston College 35

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 36/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    72

    AP score

  17. Major upsetWeek 5Home

    No. 18 South Florida 21, No. 5 West Virginia 13

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 26/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    68

    AP score

  18. Major upsetWeek 3Home

    Unranked Kentucky 40, No. 9 Louisville 34

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    68

    AP score

  19. Major upsetWeek 13Home

    Unranked UCLA 16, No. 9 Oregon 0

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    68

    AP score

  20. Major upsetWeek 14Road

    No. 9 Oklahoma 38, No. 1 Missouri 17

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 16/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    66

    AP score

    Full Game · 2007 Missouri vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)

  21. Major upsetWeek 4Home

    Unranked Michigan 14, No. 10 Penn State 9

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    64

    AP score

  22. Major upsetWeek 5Road

    Unranked Maryland 34, No. 10 Rutgers 24

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    64

    AP score

  23. Major upsetWeek 8Home

    Unranked UCLA 30, No. 10 California 21

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    64

    AP score

  24. Major upsetWeek 2Road

    Unranked South Carolina 16, No. 11 Georgia 12

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 30/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    60

    AP score

  25. Major upsetWeek 3Home

    Unranked Utah 44, No. 11 UCLA 6

    AP evidence · primary

    Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 30/50

    Market evidence · supporting

    No betting line · Pregame win chance —

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    60

    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.