IRON COLLEGE FOOTBALL / On this day /September 6

September 6 in college football

Every September 6 in Iron's archive: the ranked teams that lost to unranked ones, the ranked matchups, and the games worth retelling. Every result links to its game card.

Unranked over ranked on September 6

Best rank beaten first.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
2014 Virginia Tech 35 #8 Ohio St. 21 On the road
2008 East Carolina Pirates 24 #8 West Virginia Mountaineers 3 At home · Dowdy-Ficklen · Greenville, NC
2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs 24 #12 Arizona State Sun Devils 20 At home · Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field · Starkville, MS
2025 South Florida Bulls 18 #13 Florida Gators 16 On the road · Ben Hill Griffin Stadium · Gainesville, Florida
2003 Wake Forest 38 #14 NC State 24 At home · Groves Stadium · Winston-Salem, NC
2003 South Carolina 31 #15 Virginia 7 At home · Williams-Brice · Columbia, SC
2003 Bowling Green 27 #16 Purdue 26 On the road · Ross-Ade Stadium · West Lafayette, IN
2025 Baylor Bears 48 #17 SMU Mustangs 45 On the road · Gerald J. Ford Stadium · Dallas, TX
2003 Georgia Tech 17 #17 Auburn 3 At home · Bobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA
1997 Wake Forest 27 #21 Northwestern 20 At home

Ranked vs ranked on September 6

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
2014 #3 Oregon 46 #7 Michigan St. 27 At home
2010 #3 Boise State Broncos 33 #10 Virginia Tech Hokies 30 On the road
2003 #3 Miami 38 #21 Florida 33 At home · Orange Bowl · Miami, FL
1997 #4 Washington 42 #19 BYU 20 On the road
1997 #5 Florida State 14 #23 USC 7 On the road
1997 #8 Colorado 31 #24 Colorado State 21 At home
2026 #9 Ole Miss 41 #24 Louisville 38 Neutral site · Nissan Stadium · Nashville, TN
2014 #14 Southern California 13 #13 Stanford 10 On the road
2025 #18 Oklahoma Sooners 24 #15 Michigan Wolverines 13 At home · Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium · Norman, Oklahoma

One-score finishes between ranked teams

Decided by three points or fewer.

Top-10 teams routed

The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.

Biggest comebacks

Deficit the winner erased. Measured from in-game margins where play data exists, cross-checked against quarter scores; a row prints only when the quarter lines corroborate it, so this list starts in 2000.

SeasonWinnerLoserTrailed by
2003 #3 Miami 38 #21 Florida 33 23 ptsin game
2025 Presbyterian Blue Hose 39 Furman Paladins 38 21 ptsin game
2025 Bryant Bulldogs 27 Massachusetts Minutemen 26 17 ptsin game
2025 #8 Clemson Tigers 27 Troy Trojans 16 16 ptsin game
2003 #19 Notre Dame 29 Washington State 26 16 ptsat a quarter

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.