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November 20 in college football

Every November 20 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 20

The 21 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1993 Michigan 28 #5 Ohio State 0 At home
1982 Washington State 24 #5 Washington 20 At home
1937 Harvard 13 #5 Yale 6 At home
1948 Pittsburgh 7 #6 Penn State 0 At home
2004 Ohio State Buckeyes 37 #7 Michigan Wolverines 21 At home · Ohio Stadium
1954 LSU 7 #9 Arkansas 6 At home
2021 Clemson 48 #10 Wake Forest 27 At home · Memorial Stadium · Clemson, South Carolina
2004 Florida Gators 20 #10 Florida State Seminoles 13 On the road
2003 Southern Miss 40 #10 TCU 28 At home
1965 Miami 16 #10 Florida 13 At home
2002 West Virginia 21 #13 Virginia Tech 18 On the road
1982 Ohio State 24 #13 Michigan 14 At home
1999 Wake Forest 26 #14 Georgia Tech 23 At home
1970 Long Beach State 27 #14 San Diego State 11 At home

Ranked vs ranked on November 20

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

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
1999 #1 Florida State 30 #3 Florida 23 On the road
1993 #17 Boston College 41 #1 Notre Dame 39 On the road
1965 #1 Michigan State 12 #4 Notre Dame 3 On the road · Notre Dame, IN
1954 #1 Ohio State 21 #12 Michigan 7 At home
1948 #1 Michigan 13 #18 Ohio State 3 On the road
2021 #2 Alabama 42 #21 Arkansas 35 At home · Bryant Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1976 #3 USC 24 #2 UCLA 14 On the road
1965 #2 Arkansas 42 #9 Texas Tech 24 At home
1954 #2 UCLA 34 #7 USC 0 At home
1937 #2 California 13 #13 Stanford 0 On the road

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.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserMargin
2021 #4 Ohio St. 56 #7 Michigan St. 7 49 pts
1954 #2 UCLA 34 #7 USC 0 34 pts
1982 #12 LSU 55 #7 Florida State 21 34 pts
2021 #23 Utah 38 #3 Oregon 7 31 pts
1993 Michigan 28 #5 Ohio State 0 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.

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.