October 1 in college football
Every October 1 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.
- 1,317games on file
- 32unranked wins over ranked teams
- 31ranked vs ranked meetings
- 1902–2023seasons covered
Unranked over ranked on October 1
The 32 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Illinois 33 | #4 Iowa 0 | At home |
| 1977 | Kentucky 24 | #4 Penn State 20 | On the road |
| 1966 | North Carolina 21 | #8 Michigan 7 | On the road |
| 1955 | Stanford 6 | #8 Ohio State 0 | At home |
| 1977 | LSU 36 | #9 Florida 14 | At home |
| 2011 | Auburn Tigers 16 | #10 South Carolina Gamecocks 13 | On the road |
| 1960 | Florida 18 | #10 Georgia Tech 17 | At home |
| 2005 | Michigan Wolverines 34 | #11 Michigan State Spartans 31 | On the road · Spartan Stadium · East Lansing, MI |
| 1998 | NC State 38 | #11 Syracuse 17 | At home |
| 1954 | Miami 19 | #11 Baylor 13 | At home |
| 2016 | North Carolina 37 | #12 Florida State 35 | On the road · Doak Campbell · Tallahassee, Fla. |
| 1960 | Purdue 51 | #12 Notre Dame 19 | On the road |
| 1994 | Syracuse 28 | #14 Virginia Tech 20 | At home |
| 2011 | Kansas State Wildcats 36 | #15 Baylor Bears 35 | At home |
Ranked vs ranked on October 1
31 meetings in all; the ten with the highest-ranked team are listed.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #1 USC Trojans 38 | #14 Arizona State Sun Devils 28 | On the road · Sun Devil Stadium |
| 1955 | #1 Maryland 20 | #20 Baylor 6 | On the road |
| 2022 | #2 Alabama Crimson Tide 49 | #20 Arkansas Razorbacks 26 | On the road · Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium · Fayetteville, AR |
| 1988 | #2 UCLA 24 | #16 Washington 17 | On the road |
| 1960 | #2 Syracuse 14 | #5 Kansas 7 | On the road |
| 2016 | #5 Clemson 42 | #3 Louisville 36 | At home · Memorial Stadium · Clemson, SC |
| 2011 | #3 Alabama Crimson Tide 38 | #12 Florida Gators 10 | On the road |
| 1977 | #3 Michigan 41 | #5 Texas A&M 3 | At home |
| 1960 | #17 Navy 15 | #3 Washington 14 | On the road |
| 2016 | #4 Michigan 14 | #8 Wisconsin 7 | At home · Michigan Stadium · Ann Arbor, MI |
One-score finishes between ranked teams
Decided by three points or fewer.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | #17 Navy 15 | #3 Washington 14 | 1 pt |
| 1994 | #5 Colorado 34 | #16 Texas 31 | 3 pts |
| 2022 | #14 Ole Miss Rebels 22 | #7 Kentucky Wildcats 19 | 3 pts |
| 1983 | #10 Auburn 27 | #17 Florida State 24 | 3 pts |
| 2016 | #11 Tennessee 34 | #25 Georgia 31 | 3 pts |
Top-10 teams routed
The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | #8 Iowa 42 | #6 Northwestern 0 | 42 pts |
| 1977 | #3 Michigan 41 | #5 Texas A&M 3 | 38 pts |
| 1983 | Illinois 33 | #4 Iowa 0 | 33 pts |
| 2011 | #7 Wisconsin Badgers 48 | #8 Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 | 31 pts |
| 2005 | #15 Alabama Crimson Tide 31 | #5 Florida Gators 3 | 28 pts |
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.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Trailed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Maine Black Bears 35 | Bryant Bulldogs 31 | 28 ptsin game |
| 2011 | The Citadel Bulldogs 28 | Chattanooga Mocs 27 | 24 ptsat a quarter |
| 2016 | Cornell Big Red 39 | Colgate Raiders 38 | 21 ptsin game |
| 2011 | Austin Peay Governors 37 | Tennessee State Tigers 34 | 21 ptsin game |
| 2011 | Texas Tech Red Raiders 45 | Kansas Jayhawks 34 | 20 ptsin game |
Highest-scoring games
Combined points, both teams.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Charleston Southern Buccaneers 59 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 58 | 117 pts |
| 2022 | Wisconsin Stout 73 | Wisconsin Eau Claire 29 | 102 pts |
| 1910 | Georgia 101 | Locust Grove 0 | 101 pts |
| 2022 | Delta State 70 | Valdosta State 31 | 101 pts |
| 1994 | UL Monroe 62 | Weber State 37 | 99 pts |
Biggest crowds
Announced attendance.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | #4 Michigan 14 | #8 Wisconsin 7 | 111,846 |
| 2005 | #10 Tennessee Volunteers 27 | Ole Miss Rebels 10 | 107,709 |
| 2016 | #2 Ohio State 58 | Rutgers 0 | 105,830 |
| 2022 | #11 Penn State Nittany Lions 17 | Northwestern Wildcats 7 | 105,524 |
| 2022 | #3 Ohio State Buckeyes 49 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights 10 | 104,245 |