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November 29 in college football

Every November 29 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 29

The 18 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1997 Michigan State 49 #4 Penn State 14 At home
1958 SMU 20 #7 TCU 13 At home
1968 Florida State 40 #10 Houston 20 At home
1941 Tennessee 26 #12 Vanderbilt 7 At home
2008 Kansas Jayhawks 40 #13 Missouri Tigers 37 On the road · Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City, MO
1941 Mississippi State 6 #14 Ole Miss 0 On the road
1958 Tennessee 10 #15 Vanderbilt 6 On the road
2013 San Jose St. 62 #16 Fresno St. 52 At home
1951 Texas A&M 22 #16 Texas 21 At home
1941 Auburn 28 #16 Clemson 7 At home
1986 Notre Dame 38 #17 USC 37 On the road
2002 Arkansas 21 #18 LSU 20 At home · War Memorial Stadium
1980 Miami 31 #18 Florida 7 On the road
1975 Hawai'i 30 #20 San José State 20 At home

Ranked vs ranked on November 29

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

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
2025 #1 Ohio State Buckeyes 27 #15 Michigan Wolverines 9 On the road · Michigan Stadium · Ann Arbor, Michigan
2014 #1 Alabama 55 #15 Auburn 44 At home
1974 #2 Alabama 17 #7 Auburn 13 At home
1952 #7 Notre Dame 9 #2 USC 0 At home
2008 #3 Oklahoma Sooners 61 #12 Oklahoma State Cowboys 41 On the road · BoonePickens Stadium
2014 #19 Ole Miss 31 #4 Mississippi St. 17 At home
2008 #4 Florida Gators 45 #20 Florida State Seminoles 15 On the road · Doak S. Campbell · Tallahassee, FL
1996 #4 Nebraska 17 #5 Colorado 12 At home
1986 #14 Auburn 21 #7 Alabama 17 At home
1975 #8 Arizona State 24 #12 Arizona 21 At home

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
1997 Michigan State 49 #4 Penn State 14 35 pts
1974 #17 Texas 32 #8 Texas A&M 3 29 pts
1968 Florida State 40 #10 Houston 20 20 pts
2014 #19 Ole Miss 31 #4 Mississippi St. 17 14 pts
1952 #7 Notre Dame 9 #2 USC 0 9 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.