AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 2017
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
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Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Syracuse 27, No. 2 Clemson 24
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Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 24-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
96
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Syracuse vs. Clemson (Regular Season Full Game)
- Historic upsetWeek 13Home
Unranked Pittsburgh 24, No. 2 Miami 14
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Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 48/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 12-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
96
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 1Neutral
Unranked Alabama 24, No. 3 Florida State 7
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Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 7.5-point favorite · Pregame win chance —
92
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Iowa State 38, No. 3 Oklahoma 31
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Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 30.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
92
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Oklahoma vs. Iowa State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Historic upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Iowa 55, No. 3 Ohio State 24
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Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 46/50
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Winner closed as a 21-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
92
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 9Home
No. 25 Iowa State 14, No. 4 TCU 7
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Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 42/50
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Winner closed as a 7-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
86
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked Arizona State 13, No. 5 Washington 7
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Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 42/50
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Winner closed as a 18-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
84
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 6Road
Unranked Michigan State 14, No. 7 Michigan 10
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Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50
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Winner closed as a 12.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Michigan vs. Michigan State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 10Home
No. 24 Michigan State 27, No. 7 Penn State 24
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Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 10-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Michigan State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked California 37, No. 8 Washington State 3
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Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 36/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 16.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Home
Unranked Stanford 30, No. 9 Washington 22
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Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50
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Winner closed as a 7-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Home
No. 10 Auburn 40, No. 2 Georgia 17
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Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 2.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
Full Game · 2017 Auburn vs. Georgia (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 5Home
No. 16 Washington State 30, No. 5 USC 27
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Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 4.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Home
Unranked LSU 27, No. 10 Auburn 23
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Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50
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Winner closed as a 6.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Road
Unranked Kansas State 45, No. 10 Oklahoma State 40
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Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50
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Winner closed as a 19.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 13Home
No. 6 Auburn 26, No. 1 Alabama 14
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Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Auburn vs. Alabama (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 4Road
No. 16 TCU 44, No. 6 Oklahoma State 31
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Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 10.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL - CFP SEMIFINALNeutral
No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
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Opponent strength 50/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 3.5-point favorite · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Clemson vs. Alabama (Bowl Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 9Home
No. 6 Ohio State 39, No. 2 Penn State 38
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Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 8/50
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Winner closed as a 7-point favorite · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 14Neutral
No. 8 Ohio State 27, No. 3 Wisconsin 21
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Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 3.5-point favorite · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 13Home
No. 20 Stanford 38, No. 9 Notre Dame 20
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Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 22/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 3-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Home
Unranked Mississippi State 37, No. 12 LSU 7
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Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 28/50
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Winner closed as a 7.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Road
Unranked NC State 27, No. 12 Florida State 21
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Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 28/50
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Winner closed as a 11.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
56
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 2Road
No. 5 Oklahoma 31, No. 2 Ohio State 16
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Opponent strength 48/50 · Rank gap 6/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 7.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
Highlight · 2017 Ohio State vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
- Major upsetWeek 11Home
No. 7 Miami 41, No. 3 Notre Dame 8
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Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 8/50
Market evidence · supporting
Winner closed as a 3.5-point underdog · Pregame win chance —
54
AP score
Full Game · 2017 Miami vs. Notre Dame (Regular Season Full Game)
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.