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Tomorrow is the first week that the vast majority of teams begin their conference schedules. After weeks of low-tier opponents, some teams get "surprised" by their in-conference foes. This thread is for predictions about who gets upset during "Upset Weekend."

I am going with Washington over Stanford, even though Stanford has already played a couple of in-conference games and are at home.

Here are some of the most notable matchups, even though a couple of them are non-conference.


12:00 PM No. 7 Louisville at Temple 
12:00 PM No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State     
12:00 PM No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas   
3:30 PM No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse
3:30 PM No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee
3:30 PM Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (FL)   
3:30 PM Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan
3:30 PM Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State 
5:00 PM No. 23 Fresno State at Idaho   
6:00 PM No. 2 Oregon at Colorado
7:00 PM No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State     
7:00 PM TCU at No. 11 Oklahoma
7:00 PM Arkansas at No. 18 Florida     
7:00 PM No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn   
7:30 PM Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina
7:30 PM No. 22 Arizona State vs. Notre Dame
8:00 PM No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern     
8:00 PM West Virginia at No. 17 Baylor
10:30 PM No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford

34-12 Minnesota, Gophers celebrate so hard they force Sally's to close with their rowdiness.

Oh, wait.

Maryland over Florida State. Let's see if my team can finally get it done.

Kirk

 

Quote from: Captain Kirk on October 04, 2013, 01:42:49 PM

Maryland over Florida State. Let's see if my team can finally get it done.

Kirk

 

Oops

There ended up being only two upsets in the end, although there were several near misses with Georgia, OK State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ohio State and Stanford. Here is the breakdown:

12:00 PM No. 7 Louisville at Temple  Louisville 30-7
12:00 PM No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State  Florida State 63-0   
12:00 PM No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas   TT 54-16
3:30 PM No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse Clemson 49-14
3:30 PM No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee Georgia 34-31
3:30 PM Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (FL) Miami 45-30   
3:30 PM Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan Michigan 42-13
3:30 PM Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State  OK State 33-29
5:00 PM No. 23 Fresno State at Idaho  Fresno St. 61-14 
6:00 PM No. 2 Oregon at Colorado Oregon 57-16
7:00 PM No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State   LSU 59-26 
7:00 PM TCU at No. 11 Oklahoma OK 20-17
7:00 PM Arkansas at No. 18 Florida Florida 30-10     
7:00 PM No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn  Auburn 30-22   
7:30 PM Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina  South Carolina 35-28
7:30 PM No. 22 Arizona State vs. Notre Dame  ND 37-34
8:00 PM No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern  Ohio State 40-30   
8:00 PM West Virginia at No. 17 Baylor  Baylor 73-42
10:30 PM No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford  Stanford 31-28

I was wondering why you crossed out Kentucky's upset over SC, but then I realized it was because you made a slight error.

Then why didn't you change it with your magical moderator powers? 

My magical moderator powers are limited to the boards in which I am a moderator. As much time as I've been spending in the Sports forum of late, I am not a moderator here (or globally).

I hereby nominate ProfessorAlstad for a Global Moderator.

Neither of the "upsets" were really even upsets.

I don't disagree. Both of them were at home, and Auburn is undefeated and will likely take Ole Miss' spot in the Top 25. Notre Dame may even take ASU's spot (not in that order, BTW). Stanford, OK, OK State, or South Carolina losing at home would have been big upsets. Ohio State losing on the road would have been shocking only because they have the current longest winning streak in FBS. Georgia losing on the road would have been big because they were a preseason favorite for a BCS bowl, and their QB is a touchdown machine.