It sure seems like there have been a LOT of major upsets this year. I dont recall this much turmoil in the first half of the season any other year. Almost everyone at the top has lost and there are several perennially middling teams thst are having great years. Weird season.

Covidness reigns.

See i thought about that but besides covid protocols and vaccine requirements everyone is practicing as normal and all things are generally as they used to be. I'm not sure how this can be blamed on covid.

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Covidness reigns.

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Yep. Last season, covid helped a lot of teams perform better than expected purely from not having the covid issues other teams did. Key players missed key matchups (see Lawrence vs ND), schedules were different and unbalanced in terms of # of games.

This season, a lot of middle teams have got a big boost from super seniors and it's really leveled the playing field.

So combine teams with early hype bc a good year in a weird year last season with teams having extra experience this year and you get a bunch of upsets.

Ahhh didn't think about the extra year a lot of folks got. Great point.

Also, I'm not sure this has yet lived up to 2007.
Week 1:
App State over #5 Michigan
Pre-Dabo Clemson over #19 Florida St.

Week 2
South Carolina over #11 Georgia
South Florida over #17 Auburn

Week 3
Kentucky over #9 L'ville
Utah over #11 UCLA
Bama over #16 Arkansas (Saban's first year)

Week 4
Michigan over #10 Penn St.
Syracuse over #18 Louisville

Week 5
Colorado over #3 Oklahoma
Auburn over #4 Florida
#18 USF over #5 WVU
Kansas St. over #7 Texas
Maryland over #10 Rutgers
Georgia Tech over #13 Clemson
Illinois over #21 Penn St.

Week 6
Stanford over #2 USC (USC favored by 41 points)
Illinois over #5 Wisconsin
Tennessee over #12 Georgia

But... #1 didn't go down until Week 7, when #17 Kentucky beat #1 LSU in 3OT, and #2 Cal went down to Oregon St.

Nice. You have the comparable lists this season so far? I started college in 2008 so I wouldn't have been paying any attention in 07 so thanks for the info.

I also saw that either 40 or 46 ranked teams have lost this season so far and that it was the most ever. Dont recall the exact number from the graphic.

Now THAT is a quality post!

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Nice. You have the comparable lists this season so far? I started college in 2008 so I wouldn't have been paying any attention in 07 so thanks for the info.

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Here you go. I'll note that I didn't include most of the losses of teams below 20 from 2007, so I didn't list them here, either (except for the FCS loss by Washington). I'll also note that 2007 only got crazier after week 6.

2021
Week 1:
Va Tech over #10 UNC
UCLA over #17 LSU
Montana over #20 Washington
#19 Penn St. over #12 Wisconsin (not sure if this should count)

Week 2
#12 Oregon over #3 Ohio St.
Stanford over #14 USC
Arkansas over #15 Texas

Week 3
Fresno St. over #13 UCLA
WVU over #15 Va Tech

Week 4
#16 Arkansas over #7 Texas A&M
NC State over #9 Clemson
Baylor over #13 Iowa St.

Week 5
Stanford over #3 Oregon
Kentucky over #10 Florida
Mississippi St. over #15 Texas A&M
Hawaii over #18 Fresno St.

Week 6
Texas A&M over #1 Alabama
Boise St. over #10 BYU

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Sea Speed said:

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Nice. You have the comparable lists this season so far? I started college in 2008 so I wouldn't have been paying any attention in 07 so thanks for the info.

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Here you go. I'll note that I didn't include most of the losses of teams below 20 from 2007, so I didn't list them here, either (except for the FCS loss by Washington). I'll also note that 2007 only got crazier after week 6.

2021
Week 1:
Va Tech over #10 UNC
UCLA over #17 LSU
Montana over #20 Washington
#19 Penn St. over #12 Wisconsin (not sure if this should count)

Week 2
#12 Oregon over #3 Ohio St.
Stanford over #14 USC
Arkansas over #15 Texas

Week 3
Fresno St. over #13 UCLA
WVU over #15 Va Tech

Week 4
#16 Arkansas over #7 Texas A&M
NC State over #9 Clemson
Baylor over #13 Iowa St.

Week 5
Stanford over #3 Oregon
Kentucky over #10 Florida
Mississippi St. over #15 Texas A&M
Hawaii over #18 Fresno St.

Week 6
Texas A&M over #1 Alabama
Boise St. over #10 BYU

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Week 7
Purdue over #2 Iowa
Auburn over #17 Arkansas
Utah over #18 Arizona St
Baylor over #19 BYU
LSU over #20 Florida

Feels like 2007 all over again.

Let's hope the southwestern most team in the SEC wins the Natty with 2 losses like in 2007!

Thanks for keeping this thread updated!

Yikes, who is behind all these upsets?! It almost feels. . .

CHAOTIC

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IrishAg2011 said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Nice. You have the comparable lists this season so far? I started college in 2008 so I wouldn't have been paying any attention in 07 so thanks for the info.

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Here you go. I'll note that I didn't include most of the losses of teams below 20 from 2007, so I didn't list them here, either (except for the FCS loss by Washington). I'll also note that 2007 only got crazier after week 6.

2021
Week 1:
Va Tech over #10 UNC
UCLA over #17 LSU
Montana over #20 Washington
#19 Penn St. over #12 Wisconsin (not sure if this should count)

Week 2
#12 Oregon over #3 Ohio St.
Stanford over #14 USC
Arkansas over #15 Texas

Week 3
Fresno St. over #13 UCLA
WVU over #15 Va Tech

Week 4
#16 Arkansas over #7 Texas A&M
NC State over #9 Clemson
Baylor over #13 Iowa St.

Week 5
Stanford over #3 Oregon
Kentucky over #10 Florida
Mississippi St. over #15 Texas A&M
Hawaii over #18 Fresno St.

Week 6
Texas A&M over #1 Alabama
Boise St. over #10 BYU

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Week 7
Purdue over #2 Iowa
Auburn over #17 Arkansas
Baylor over #19 BYU

Feels like 2007 all over again.

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Also in week 7:
Utah over #18 Arizona State
LSU over #20 Florida

Sea Speed said:

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See i thought about that but besides covid protocols and vaccine requirements everyone is practicing as normal and all things are generally as they used to be. I'm not sure how this can be blamed on covid.

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One area where Covid still might be having an effect is that last year pretty much everyone played all conference games where, other than Bama, there weren't that many blowouts because you didn't get your couple of games against the sisters of the poor. That meant a lot of young guys got virtually no game action last year. Teams that had a lot of turnover are now playing young guys with no experience as opposed to guys with a healthy serving of garbage time experience.
Just a theory.

I thibk that too makes sense and I appreciate you throwing that out there.

Ddp

Sea Speed said:

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It sure seems like there have been a LOT of major upsets this year. I dont recall this much turmoil in the first half of the season any other year. Almost everyone at the top has lost and there are several perennially middling teams thst are having great years. Weird season.

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2007 was worse, but we're heading in that direction fast.

Btw 2 loss LSU won the natty that year before there was a 4 team playoff.

all reasons why rankings shouldn't come out until about week 5…. but they need rankings to sell mags and articles early on.

IrishAg2011 said:

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Also, I'm not sure this has yet lived up to 2007.
Week 1:
App State over #5 Michigan
Pre-Dabo Clemson over #19 Florida St.

Week 2
South Carolina over #11 Georgia
South Florida over #17 Auburn

Week 3
Kentucky over #9 L'ville
Utah over #11 UCLA
Bama over #16 Arkansas (Saban's first year)

Week 4
Michigan over #10 Penn St.
Syracuse over #18 Louisville

Week 5
Colorado over #3 Oklahoma
Auburn over #4 Florida
#18 USF over #5 WVU
Kansas St. over #7 Texas
Maryland over #10 Rutgers
Georgia Tech over #13 Clemson
Illinois over #21 Penn St.

Week 6
Stanford over #2 USC (USC favored by 41 points)
Illinois over #5 Wisconsin
Tennessee over #12 Georgia

But... #1 didn't go down until Week 7, when #17 Kentucky beat #1 LSU in 3OT, and #2 Cal went down to Oregon St.

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That Week 5 bloodbath

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Sea Speed said:

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Nice. You have the comparable lists this season so far? I started college in 2008 so I wouldn't have been paying any attention in 07 so thanks for the info.

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Here you go. I'll note that I didn't include most of the losses of teams below 20 from 2007, so I didn't list them here, either (except for the FCS loss by Washington). I'll also note that 2007 only got crazier after week 6.

2021
Week 1:
Va Tech over #10 UNC
UCLA over #17 LSU
Montana over #20 Washington
#19 Penn St. over #12 Wisconsin (not sure if this should count)

Week 2
#12 Oregon over #3 Ohio St.
Stanford over #14 USC
Arkansas over #15 Texas

Week 3
Fresno St. over #13 UCLA
WVU over #15 Va Tech

Week 4
#16 Arkansas over #7 Texas A&M
NC State over #9 Clemson
Baylor over #13 Iowa St.

Week 5
Stanford over #3 Oregon
Kentucky over #10 Florida
Mississippi St. over #15 Texas A&M
Hawaii over #18 Fresno St.

Week 6
Texas A&M over #1 Alabama
Boise St. over #10 BYU

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Week 7
Purdue over #2 Iowa
Auburn over #17 Arkansas
Baylor over #19 BYU

Feels like 2007 all over again.

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Also in week 7:
Utah over #18 Arizona State
LSU over #20 Florida

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Yup, 2 fell in the same week 17 through 20 all fell. And also 11 UK.

And, of course, 25 tu.

7 ranked teams toppled in one week.

a lot of upsets today.

paging irishag2011

Week 10

Purdue over 3 Michigan State
North Carolina over 9 Wake Forest
Tcu over 12 Baylor
14 Aggies over 13 Auburn
Arkansas over 17 Mississippi State
Tennessee over 18 Kentucky
Illinois over 20 Minnesota
Boise St. over 23 Fresno St.


thats a LOT of upsets

Hoping for another chaotic day of upsets. Would like Oklahoma to be one of them.

Lots of full grown men still playing.

Hell 2016 recruit Nick Starkel is still playing college football for his 3rd team

Sea Speed said:

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Hoping for another chaotic day of upsets. Would like Oklahoma to be one of them.

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I think there is a non-zero non-ridiculous chance that at least two of these will come to pass:

Purdue over Ohio State
Penn State over Michigan
Maryland over Michigan State
Washington State over Oregon

If all four of those come to pass AND we win tonight, we officially re-enter The Discussion.

Army State and Sherm

It's called "parity".

Pirate gon sneak up on a mfer today.