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Surprise performances
through 10/3/26 games
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating exceedance
1 Presbyterian vs St. Thomas     W 55 - 21  25.49
2 Stony Brook vs Rhode Island     W 56 - 24  21.53
3 Eastern Michigan at UMass       W 38 - 14  20.08
4 Montana at UC Davis       W 62 - 22  19.54
5 Missouri vs Florida       W 45 - 17  19.33
6 Florida State vs Virginia       W 38 - 7  18.60
7 Fordham at William & Mary     W 52 - 27  16.37
8 Western Carolina vs Tennessee Tech     W 44 - 20  16.24
9 Holy Cross at William & Mary     W 41 - 14  15.65
10 Chattanooga vs Wofford       W 41 - 7  15.60
11 Oklahoma State vs Oregon       W 39 - 31  14.80
12 East Tennessee State vs Western Carolina     W 58 - 31  14.73
13 UCLA at Maryland       W 54 - 3  14.70
14 Baylor at Arizona State     W 55 - 19  14.26
15 Abilene Christian vs West Florida     W 35 - 7  14.02
16 North Texas vs UNLV       W 44 - 6  13.93
17 West Florida at Central Arkansas     W 42 - 14  13.85
18 Mercer at Abilene Christian     W 34 - 17  13.65
19 West Virginia vs Virginia       W 38 - 27  13.51
20 Central Connecticut State at Montana State     L 30 - 35  13.45
21 UConn at Southern Miss     W 48 - 20  13.33
22 Mississippi Valley State vs Prairie View A&M     W 28 - 27  13.33
23 Oregon State at Colorado State     W 56 - 26  12.91
24 Arkansas vs Tulsa       W 34 - 6  12.90
25 UIW at SFA       L 26 - 28  12.79
Rank    
26 Maryland at UConn       W 38 - 14  12.70
27 Arkansas Pine Bluff at Southern U     W 41 - 10  12.66
28 St. Thomas vs San Diego       W 50 - 17  12.59
29 Kentucky at Texas A&M     W 31 - 21  12.42
30 San Diego at Cal Poly       W 38 - 35  12.30
31 Alabama at Mississippi State     W 56 - 23  12.26
32 Lamar at Nicholls       W 49 - 18  12.09
33 Valparaiso at Morehead State     W 37 - 3  12.05
34 Sam Houston vs Nicholls       W 59 - 0  11.74
35 Oklahoma State at West Virginia     W 41 - 24  11.73
36 Alabama A&M vs Tennessee State     W 30 - 3  11.64
37 Idaho State at Utah State     W 29 - 17  11.52
38 Wisconsin vs Michigan State     W 31 - 3  11.51
39 Youngstown State vs South Dakota     W 47 - 28  11.49
40 Maine at Boston College     L 16 - 22  11.48
41 Marist vs Presbyterian     W 42 - 7  11.48
42 Kansas vs Middle Tennessee     W 55 - 0  11.40
43 USC vs Fresno State     W 39 - 0  11.30
44 Nevada vs Western Kentucky     W 49 - 14  11.11
45 UNLV at Akron       W 38 - 10  11.03
46 Gardner-Webb at Liberty       L 23 - 24  10.69
47 Purdue at Illinois       W 24 - 17  10.64
48 UAlbany vs Delaware State     W 28 - 3  10.61
49 UAlbany at LIU       W 35 - 13  10.51
50 Boise State at Western Michigan     W 32 - 7  10.51
Rank    
51 Utah State at Washington     L 14 - 16  10.48
52 The Citadel at South Carolina State     W 34 - 31  10.29
53 Merrimack at Maine       W 23 - 14  10.22
54 Wisconsin at Penn State     W 24 - 20  10.17
55 Charlotte at App State       L 21 - 26  10.16
56 Tulsa vs Oklahoma State     W 24 - 10  10.15
57 Fresno State vs Sacramento State     W 49 - 3  9.96
58 Arizona vs Cincinnati       W 34 - 7  9.92
59 Oregon State vs Montana       W 52 - 17  9.89
60 Texas State vs North Texas     W 49 - 35  9.83
61 North Carolina A&T vs Rhode Island     W 22 - 18  9.80
62 Southern Illinois at Murray State     W 46 - 6  9.74
63 Minnesota vs Akron       W 41 - 7  9.68
64 Prairie View A&M vs Texas Southern     W 52 - 14  9.60
65 North Carolina A&T at Bryant       L 30 - 31  9.60
66 Northwestern vs Colorado       W 41 - 7  9.57
67 Oregon at USC       W 41 - 27  9.51
68 Wyoming vs Hawai'i       W 27 - 10  9.32
69 Liberty vs Ball State       W 51 - 15  9.28
70 LSU vs Texas A&M     W 35 - 6  9.25
71 Virginia vs Delaware       W 42 - 3  9.16
72 Wake Forest vs Stanford       W 57 - 3  9.15
73 Buffalo vs Western Michigan     L 17 - 20  9.12
74 Georgia State at Kennesaw State     W 31 - 17  9.10
75 Southern Miss at Tulane       L 21 - 24  9.09
Rank    
76 The Citadel at Charlotte       W 43 - 41 3OT 9.05
77 Morgan State at Towson       W 41 - 26  8.91
78 Alabama at Kentucky       W 45 - 17  8.87
79 Stonehill at New Haven     W 21 - 3  8.86
80 Ole Miss vs LSU       W 32 - 24  8.80
81 Mississippi State at Minnesota       W 38 - 13  8.73
82 Northern Iowa vs Illinois State     W 28 - 21  8.67
83 Idaho vs Montana State     W 35 - 34  8.62
84 UMass at Rutgers       W 37 - 21  8.61
85 Elon vs Maine       W 43 - 17  8.54
86 Wofford vs The Citadel     W 42 - 14  8.52
87 Cornell vs Yale       W 38 - 25  8.51
88 Memphis at Charlotte       W 59 - 8  8.50
89 Northern Iowa vs Drake       W 56 - 14  8.39
90 Princeton vs UAlbany       W 22 - 0  8.31
91 Bowling Green at Miami (OH)     W 24 - 20  8.28
92 Austin Peay at West Florida     W 38 - 16  8.28
93 Kent State vs Wofford       W 36 - 15  8.27
94 Rhode Island at Merrimack     W 34 - 7  8.17
95 Furman at Mercer       W 20 - 13  8.14
96 New Haven at Austin Peay     L 17 - 42  8.04
97 Samford vs VMI       W 45 - 7  8.02
98 UMass at Sacramento State     W 35 - 6  8.01
99 Fresno State at Washington State     W 26 - 6  8.01
100 South Dakota State at Illinois State     W 31 - 14  7.91
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