2015 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Alabama
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Clemson
- Head-coach changes listed
- 24
Your team
Marquee games
- Game
Ole Miss43
Alabama37September 19, 2015 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Oklahoma44
Baylor34November 14, 2015 - Upset of a higher-ranked team · 2 overtimes
TCU28Baylor21November 27, 2015 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Stanford38
Notre Dame36November 28, 2015 - Big Ten Championship
Michigan State16
Iowa13December 5, 2015 - GameAlabama38Michigan State0December 31, 2015
Biggest ranked-team losses
Regular season. Ranks are the AP poll of the game’s own week; a loss to an unranked team, or one ranked 5 or more spots lower.
- No. 2 Alabama lost to No. 15 Ole Miss, 43-37, Sep 19
- No. 2 Ohio State lost to No. 9 Michigan State, 17-14, Nov 21
- No. 3 Utah lost to USC, unranked, 42-24, Oct 24
- No. 3 Ole Miss lost to No. 25 Florida, 38-10, Oct 3
- No. 4 Notre Dame lost to No. 13 Stanford, 38-36, Nov 28
- No. 4 Baylor lost to No. 12 Oklahoma, 44-34, Nov 14
- No. 4 Oklahoma State lost to No. 10 Baylor, 45-35, Nov 21
- No. 5 TCU lost to No. 12 Oklahoma State, 49-29, Nov 7
Most ranked teams lost in week 13 of 2015: 10, 4 of them in the top 10.
Darker = more ranked teams lost that week. Each cell links to that week’s first game below.
Ranked-team losses by week, as a table
| Week | Dates | Ranked teams that lost | Of those, top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 to Sep 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Sep 10 to Sep 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Sep 17 to Sep 19 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Sep 24 to Sep 26 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Oct 1 to Oct 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Oct 8 to Oct 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Oct 13 to Oct 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 20 to Oct 25 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Oct 29 to Oct 31 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Nov 3 to Nov 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | Nov 10 to Nov 14 | 8 | 4 |
| 12 | Nov 17 to Nov 21 | 8 | 2 |
| 13 | Nov 24 to Nov 28 | 10 | 4 |
| 14 | Dec 4 to Dec 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Dec 11 to Dec 12 | 0 | 0 |
The season
August
September
- Sep 5
Texas A&M 38, Arizona State 17Upset of a ranked team - Sep 5
BYU 33, Nebraska 28 - Sep 5
Tulsa 47, Florida Atlantic 44Overtime - Sep 12
Oklahoma 31, Tennessee 242 overtimes - Sep 12
Toledo 16, Arkansas 12Upset of a ranked team - Sep 12
Michigan State 31, Oregon 28 - Sep 12
Notre Dame 34, Virginia 27 - Sep 12
Washington State 37, Rutgers 34 - Sep 12
BYU 35, Boise State 24Upset of a ranked team - Sep 12
Nebraska 48, South Alabama 9 - Sep 12
Wisconsin 58, Miami (OH) 0 - Sep 12
Iowa 31, Iowa State 17
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- Sep 19Ole Miss 43, Alabama 37
- Sep 19
South Alabama 34, San Diego State 27Overtime - Sep 19
Colorado 27, Colorado State 24Overtime - Sep 19
Stanford 41, USC 31Upset of a ranked team - Sep 19
Miami 36, Nebraska 33Overtime - Sep 19
Iowa 27, Pittsburgh 24 - Sep 19
Syracuse 30, Central Michigan 27Overtime - Sep 19
Wake Forest 17, Army 14 - Sep 19
Kansas State 39, Louisiana Tech 333 overtimes - Sep 19Toledo 30, Iowa State 232 overtimes
- Sep 19
UTEP 50, New Mexico State 47Overtime - Sep 19
Temple 25, Massachusetts 23 - Sep 19
Notre Dame 30, Georgia Tech 22 - Sep 19
Oklahoma State 69, UTSA 14 - Sep 19
Middle Tennessee 73, Charlotte 14 - Sep 19
Cincinnati 37, Miami (OH) 33 - Sep 19
TCU 56, SMU 37 - Sep 26
TCU 55, Texas Tech 52 - Sep 26Texas A&M 28, Arkansas 21Overtime
- Sep 26
Oklahoma State 30, Texas 27 - Sep 26
Minnesota 27, Ohio 24 - Sep 26
Bowling Green 35, Purdue 28 - Sep 26
Marshall 36, Kent State 292 overtimes - Sep 26
Utah 62, Oregon 20Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 26NC State 63, South Alabama 13
October
- Oct 3
Florida 38, Ole Miss 10Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 3
Arizona State 38, UCLA 23 - Oct 3
Illinois 14, Nebraska 13 - Oct 3
Clemson 24, Notre Dame 22Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 3
Alabama 38, Georgia 10Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 3
UNLV 23, Nevada 17 - Oct 3
Navy 33, Air Force 11 - Oct 3
New Mexico 38, New Mexico State 29 - Oct 8
Washington 17, USC 12Upset of a ranked team - Oct 10Washington State 45, Oregon 38Overtime
- Oct 10Texas 24, Oklahoma 17Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 10
LSU 45, South Carolina 24
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- Oct 10
Oklahoma State 33, West Virginia 26Overtime - Oct 10Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21
- Oct 10Louisiana Tech 34, UTSA 31
- Oct 10
BYU 45, East Carolina 38 - Oct 10
San José State 33, UNLV 27Overtime - Oct 10
Florida State 29, Miami 24 - Oct 10
Michigan 38, Northwestern 0 - Oct 10Notre Dame 41, Navy 24
- Oct 10
Western Michigan 41, Central Michigan 39 - Oct 10
North Texas and Dan McCarney part waysCoaching change - Oct 10
Western Kentucky 58, Middle Tennessee 28 - Oct 10Ohio 34, Miami (OH) 3
- Oct 17Michigan State 27, Michigan 23
- Oct 17
Memphis 37, Ole Miss 24Upset of a ranked team - Oct 17
Georgia State 31, Ball State 19 - Oct 17LSU 35, Florida 28
- Oct 17Virginia 44, Syracuse 383 overtimes
- Oct 17
Rutgers 55, Indiana 52 - Oct 17Alabama 41, Texas A&M 23
- Oct 17Oregon 26, Washington 20
- Oct 17Notre Dame 41, USC 31
- Oct 17
Ohio State 38, Penn State 10 - Oct 22
App State 31, Georgia Southern 13 - Oct 24USC 42, Utah 24
- Oct 24Georgia Tech 22, Florida State 16Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 24
Duke 45, Virginia Tech 434 overtimes - Oct 24
Arkansas 54, Auburn 464 overtimes - Oct 24Ole Miss 23, Texas A&M 3Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 24Pittsburgh 23, Syracuse 20
- Oct 24
Rice 38, Army 31 - Oct 24Clemson 58, Miami 0
- Oct 24Alabama 19, Tennessee 14
- Oct 29Oregon 61, Arizona State 553 overtimes
- Oct 31Miami 30, Duke 27
- Oct 31
App State 44, Troy 413 overtimes - Oct 31
New Mexico State 55, Idaho 48Overtime - Oct 31Notre Dame 24, Temple 20
- Oct 31Florida 27, Georgia 3
November
- Nov 1
Hawai'i and Norm Chow part waysCoaching change - Nov 3
Northern Illinois 32, Toledo 27Upset of a ranked team - Nov 7Nebraska 39, Michigan State 38Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 7Oklahoma State 49, TCU 29Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 7Navy 45, Memphis 20Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 7Alabama 30, LSU 16
- Nov 7
New Mexico 14, Utah State 13 - Nov 7
New Mexico State 31, Texas State 21 - Nov 7Arkansas 53, Ole Miss 52Upset of a ranked team · Overtime
- Nov 7Northwestern 23, Penn State 21
- Nov 7
Colorado State 26, Wyoming 7 - Nov 7Air Force 20, Army 3
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- Nov 14Oklahoma 44, Baylor 34Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 14
Arizona 37, Utah 30Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes - Nov 14Oregon 38, Stanford 36Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 14Arkansas 31, LSU 14Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 14New Mexico 31, Boise State 24
- Nov 14Michigan 48, Indiana 412 overtimes
- Nov 14Washington State 31, UCLA 27Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 14
Tulane 34, Army 31 - Nov 14UTSA 30, Charlotte 27Overtime
- Nov 14Nevada 37, San José State 34Overtime
- Nov 14Iowa 40, Minnesota 35
- Nov 14Georgia 20, Auburn 13
- Nov 17Toledo 44, Bowling Green 28
- Nov 21Michigan State 17, Ohio State 14Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 21Baylor 45, Oklahoma State 35Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 21
UConn 20, Houston 17Upset of a ranked team - Nov 21
New Mexico State 37, Louisiana 34 - Nov 21Florida 20, Florida Atlantic 14Overtime
- Nov 21
North Carolina 30, Virginia Tech 27Overtime - Nov 21Georgia 23, Georgia Southern 17Overtime
- Nov 21Kansas State 38, Iowa State 35
- Nov 21Oklahoma 30, TCU 29
- Nov 21Ole Miss 38, LSU 17Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 21Arizona State 52, Arizona 37
- Nov 21
Stanford 35, California 22 - Nov 26
South Florida 44, UCF 3 - Nov 27TCU 28, Baylor 21Upset of a higher-ranked team · 2 overtimes
- Nov 27Washington 45, Washington State 10Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 27
Central Michigan 35, Eastern Michigan 28 - Hawai'i hires Nick RolovichCoaching change
- Nov 27
Akron 20, Kent State 0 - Nov 27Iowa 28, Nebraska 20
- Nov 27
Oregon 52, Oregon State 42 - Nov 28Stanford 38, Notre Dame 36Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 28Oklahoma 58, Oklahoma State 23
- Nov 28
Syracuse 20, Boston College 17 - Nov 28California 48, Arizona State 46
- Nov 28Cincinnati 19, East Carolina 16
- Nov 28Clemson 37, South Carolina 32
- Nov 28Florida State 27, Florida 2
- Nov 28USC 40, UCLA 21Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 28Georgia 13, Georgia Tech 7
- Nov 28Virginia Tech 23, Virginia 20
- Nov 28BYU 51, Utah State 28
- Nov 28Indiana 54, Purdue 36
- Nov 28
Louisville 38, Kentucky 24 - Nov 28Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 21
- Nov 28Northwestern 24, Illinois 14
- Nov 28North Carolina 45, NC State 34
- Nov 28Alabama 29, Auburn 13
- Nov 28
Kansas State 45, Kansas 14 - Nov 28
Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 27 - Virginia Tech hires Justin FuenteCoaching change
- Iowa State hires Matt CampbellCoaching change
December
Maryland hires D.J. DurkinCoaching change
Missouri hires Barry OdomCoaching change- Miami hires Mark RichtCoaching change
- Virginia hires Bronco MendenhallCoaching change
- Memphis hires Mike NorvellCoaching change
- Dec 5Georgia State 34, Georgia Southern 7
- Dec 5Texas 23, Baylor 17Upset of a ranked team
- North Texas hires Seth LittrellCoaching change
- South Carolina hires Will MuschampCoaching change
- Georgia hires Kirby SmartCoaching change
- Rutgers hires Chris AshCoaching change
- Bowling Green hires Mike JinksCoaching change
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- Tulane hires Willie FritzCoaching change
- Dec 12Navy 21, Army 17
- East Carolina hires Scottie MontgomeryCoaching change
- Syracuse hires Dino BabersCoaching change
- BYU hires Kalani SitakeCoaching change
- Georgia Southern hires Tyson SummersCoaching change
- Dec 31Alabama 38, Michigan State 0
- Dec 31Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17
- Dec 31Houston 38, Florida State 24
January
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 5Michigan State 16, Iowa 13Big Ten Championship
- Dec 5Clemson 45, North Carolina 37ACC Championship
- Dec 5Stanford 41, USC 22Pac-12 Championship
- Dec 19App State 31, Ohio 29Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
- Dec 19Utah 35, BYU 28Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
- Dec 19
Louisiana Tech 47, Arkansas State 28R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - Dec 26Duke 44, Indiana 41New Era Pinstripe Bowl
- Dec 29Baylor 49, North Carolina 38Russell Athletic Bowl