What Separation?


Week 3 Upsets


CAL Poly 24 Wyoming 22 MWC (FCS loss)
Western Kentucky 32 Kentucky 31 SEC
Ball State 41 Indiana 39 BIG TEN
Fresno State 69 Colorado 14 PAC 12

Almost upsets

Washington State 35 UNLV 27
Minnesota 28 Western Michigan 23
Auburn 31 Louisiana Monroe 28
Wisconsin 16 Utah State 14

18 "upsets" so far. It appears the PAC 12 has dropped two notches. It also appears that the SBC has improved to compete and win against the lower half of the SEC. It also looks like the Big Sky is ready to move up to FBS. They have four wins against FBS opponents (1 PAC 12 and 3 MWC).


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Week 1 Upsets

McNeese State 27, Middle Tennessee 21 SBC (FCS loss)
Ohio 24, Penn State 14 Big Ten
Brigham Young 30, Washington State 6 PAC 12
Nevada 31, California 24 PAC 12
Colorado State 22, Colorado 17 PAC 12
Youngstown State 31, Pittsburgh 17 Big East (FCS loss)
Tennessee-Martin 20, Memphis 17 CUSA (FCS loss)
Texas State 30, Houston 13 CUSA


Almost upsets

Maryland 7, William & Mary 6
No. 12 Wisconsin 26, Northern Iowa 21
Iowa 18, Northern Illinois 17
Wake Forest 20, Liberty 17
Indiana 24, Indiana State 17
Arizona 24, Toledo 17 (OT)


Week 2 Upsets

Utah State 27, Utah 20 PAC 12
Sacramento State 30, Colorado 28 PAC 12 (FCS loss)
Rice 25, Kansas 24 Big 12
North Dakota State 22, Colorado State 7 MWC (FCS loss)
Northern Arizona 17, UNLV 14 MWC (FCS loss)
Louisiana-Monroe 34, No. 8 Arkansas 31 SEC
Illinois State 31 Eastern Michigan 24 MAC (corrected)



Almost upsets

Washington State 24, Eastern Washington 20
Michigan 31, Air Force 25
South Florida 32, Nevada 31



The PAC 12 does not appear to be that strong and the ACC has dodged a couple of bullets.