Official Game-Day Program · College footballSaturday, Oct. 24, 2026 · Sunday-morning edition
UPSET SATURDAY OCT · 24 · 2026

Seven ranked teams went down in one Saturday

UCF beat No. 2 BYU in double overtime for the first top-five win in program history. Cincinnati ended No. 8 Texas Tech's unbeaten run, South Carolina and Minnesota won on final-seconds field goals, and Wisconsin handled No. 16 USC. Here is the day in one program.

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ranked teams lost, from No. 2 BYU down to No. 16 USC
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of those losses came against unranked opponents
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games settled in overtime or the last three seconds
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unbeaten FBS teams left: Miami, UCLA and Utah
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The finishes, on one field

Seven plays that decided the day, all drawn as if attacking the same end zone. Pick a row to read what happened. Distances come from the play-by-play descriptions in the game stories; field-goal spots are worked back from the kick length.

    Tip: use the arrow keys to move between plays.

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    The scorecard

    Rankings are from the AP poll entering the day. The new poll is due Sunday afternoon, so every number here is about to change.

    Upsets

    Unranked team over ranked team

    Upsets on Oct. 24
    GameFinal
    UCF over No. 2BYU2OT; BYU's first loss39–31
    Cincinnati over No. 8Texas TechRed Raiders' first loss37–24
    South Carolina over No. 11Tennessee48-yard FG, 0:03 left27–24
    Minnesota over No. 15Iowa46-yard FG at 0:0013–10
    Wisconsin over No. 16USCAt Camp Randall17–7

    Ranked vs. ranked

    Somebody had to lose

    Ranked matchups on Oct. 24
    GameFinal
    No. 19Texas over No. 7Ole MissTexas blew a 21-point lead, then won late34–27
    No. 10Utah over No. 14HoustonUtes rallied from 10–0 down21–13

    Survived

    Ranked favorites that held

    Ranked teams that won on Oct. 24
    GameFinal
    No. 1Miami over Pitt52–23
    No. 6Indiana at MichiganOT; first win in Ann Arbor since 196713–6
    No. 9UCLA over Michigan State28–10
    No. 12Kentucky over Vanderbilt34–17
    No. 13Alabama over Texas A&M31–20
    No. 18LSU at Auburn38–17
    No. 23SMU over Cal59–20
    No. 24Northwestern over Rutgers42–14
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    Program notes

    UCF's night. Scott Frost's Knights had never beaten an AP top-five team. Quarterback Keyone Jenkins threw for 293 yards and three touchdowns, and the defense held a BYU run game that averaged nearly 224 yards a game to 116. BYU's Bear Bachmeier passed for 257 yards with two scores, but his last throw, on fourth-and-goal from the 4 in the second overtime, could not be pulled in by Walker Lyons.

    Cincinnati ran through a wall. Texas Tech arrived with one of the country's stingiest run defenses and had not allowed a rushing touchdown. Cole Tabb ran for a career-high 173 yards on 16 carries, including a 58-yard score with 6:06 left, and JC French threw a career-best four touchdown passes. It was the Bearcats' highest-ranked home win since beating No. 7 Rutgers in 2006.

    Columbia comeback. Tennessee jumped out 14–0 and led 24–17 in the fourth quarter. LaNorris Sellers tied it with a touchdown run on third-and-4, then South Carolina recovered a George MacIntyre fumble with 33 seconds left. Malik Orsen hit from 48 yards with three seconds to go.

    Floyd goes north. Minnesota gained just 209 yards, its fewest of the season, and still took the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. Drake Lindsey's 39-yard third-down throw to Jalen Smith set up Luke Drzewiecki's 46-yard kick as time expired.

    Indiana's slog. The defending national champions kept Michigan out of the end zone for the whole game and sacked Tommy Carr repeatedly. Michigan forced overtime with a field goal at the gun, but Josh Hoover hit Brock Schott for 21 yards on the first snap and ran in from the 4. Curt Cignetti's team is 7–1.

    Utah stays perfect. Devon Dampier ran for 150 yards and two scores. The decisive moment came with 2:15 left, when Jackson Bennee sacked Conner Weigman and Jireh Moe recovered at the Houston 9; Dampier scrambled in on the next snap. The Utes are 7–0 with the longest active winning streak in the country, 13 games.

    Texas, the hard way. The Longhorns led 24–3, gave up 21 straight points, and still beat Ole Miss 34–27. Arch Manning threw for 212 yards and accounted for three touchdowns; Raleek Brown ran for 157.

    Alabama's skid ends. Texas A&M led 20–17 entering the fourth, then Marcel Reed fumbled on fourth-and-1. Keelon Russell finished with 311 yards and three touchdown passes, and Rico Scott caught six balls for 156 yards.

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    Coming attractions

    • Sun., Oct. 25New AP Top 25. BYU, Texas Tech, Tennessee, Iowa and USC all lost; early projections have Tennessee, Texas Tech and Ole Miss sliding the most.
    • Sat., Oct. 31Utah plays at Cincinnati, the team that just beat Texas Tech. BYU hosts Arizona State. Indiana hosts Minnesota. Northwestern visits Oregon on Halloween.
    • Next upOhio State, idle this week, goes to USC. Georgia meets Florida in Atlanta.
    • Sat., Nov. 7Alabama (bye next week) visits LSU. Texas A&M goes to South Carolina.
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    Sources

    1. ESPN college football scoreboard, Oct. 24, 2026
    2. BYU Athletics: No. 2 BYU falls to UCF in double overtime
    3. Yahoo Sports: UCF notches first top-5 win in program history
    4. ESPN: UCF 39, BYU 31 recap
    5. Cincinnati Athletics: Bearcats beat No. 8 Texas Tech 37–24
    6. ESPN: Cincinnati 37, Texas Tech 24 recap
    7. WVLT: South Carolina walks it off against No. 11 Tennessee
    8. Sports Illustrated: AP Top 25 teams moving up and down
    9. NBC Sports (AP): Drzewiecki's field goal lifts Minnesota past Iowa
    10. WILX (AP): Hoover's TD run lifts Indiana at Michigan
    11. ABC News (AP): Utah holds off Houston 21–13
    12. ESPN: Texas 34, Ole Miss 27
    13. Field Level Media: Ole Miss at Texas
    14. WAFF (AP): Alabama ends skid with 31–20 win over Texas A&M
    15. WKYT: Kentucky beats Vanderbilt, improves to 7–1
    16. theScore: USC at Wisconsin
    17. Yahoo Sports: Yahoo Top 10 after BYU's loss
    18. Yahoo Sports: college football rankings after a chaotic Saturday
    19. Yahoo Sports: Saturday live scores and updates