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November 5 in college football

Every November 5 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 November 5

The 42 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1938 Carnegie Mellon 20 #1 Pittsburgh 10 On the road
1966 Washington 16 #3 UCLA 3 At home
1955 Illinois 25 #3 Michigan 6 At home
2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 35 #4 Clemson Tigers 14 At home · Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN
2016 Mississippi State 35 #4 Texas A&M 28 At home · Davis Wade · Starkville, Miss.
1949 Texas 20 #6 Baylor 0 At home
2005 Arizona Wildcats 52 #7 UCLA Bruins 14 At home · Arizona Stadium
1966 Georgia 27 #7 Florida 10 At home
1938 Wisconsin 20 #7 Northwestern 13 On the road
1960 Georgia Tech 14 #8 Tennessee 7 At home
2005 NC State Wolfpack 20 #9 Florida State Seminoles 15 On the road · Doak Campbell · Tallahassee, FL
1994 New Mexico 23 #9 Utah 21 At home
1960 Army 9 #9 Syracuse 6 At home
2011 Northwestern Wildcats 28 #10 Nebraska Cornhuskers 25 On the road

Ranked vs ranked on November 5

30 meetings in all; the ten with the highest-ranked team are listed.

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
2022 #3 Georgia Bulldogs 27 #1 Tennessee Volunteers 13 At home · Sanford Stadium · Athens, GA
2016 #1 Alabama 10 #13 LSU 0 On the road · Tiger Stadium · Baton Rouge, La.
2011 #1 LSU Tigers 9 #2 Alabama Crimson Tide 6 On the road
1960 #3 Minnesota 27 #1 Iowa 10 At home
1949 #1 Notre Dame 34 #10 Michigan State 21 On the road · East Lansing, MI
1977 #2 Alabama 24 #18 LSU 3 On the road
1960 #2 Missouri 16 #18 Colorado 6 At home
1949 #2 Army 35 #20 Fordham 0 At home
2011 #3 Oklahoma State Cowboys 52 #14 Kansas State Wildcats 45 At home
2005 #5 Miami Hurricanes 27 #3 Virginia Tech Hokies 7 On the road · Lane/Worsham Field · Blacksburg, VA

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.

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

SeasonWinnerLoserAttendance
2016 #3 Michigan 59 Maryland 3 110,626
2016 #6 Ohio State 62 #10 Nebraska 3 108,750
2016 #12 Penn State 41 Iowa 14 106,194
2022 #10 LSU Tigers 32 #6 Alabama Crimson Tide 31 102,321
2016 #1 Alabama 10 #13 LSU 0 102,321