2016 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Clemson
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Alabama
- Head-coach changes listed
- 19
Your team
Marquee games
- 2 overtimes
Arkansas41
TCU38September 10, 2016 - 2 overtimes
Hawai'i34
Air Force27October 22, 2016 - Upset of a ranked team
Iowa14
Michigan13November 12, 2016 - 2 overtimes
Ohio State30Michigan27November 26, 2016 - Rose Bowl Game
USC52
Penn State49January 2, 2017 - CFP National Championship Game
Clemson35
Alabama31January 9, 2017
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 Ohio State lost to Penn State, unranked, 24-21, Oct 22
- No. 2 Michigan lost to Iowa, unranked, 14-13, Nov 12
- No. 2 Florida State lost to No. 10 Louisville, 63-20, Sep 17
- No. 3 Clemson lost to Pittsburgh, unranked, 43-42, Nov 12
- No. 3 Louisville lost to Houston, unranked, 36-10, Nov 17
- No. 3 Oklahoma lost to No. 15 Houston, 33-23, Sep 3
- No. 4 Washington lost to USC, unranked, 26-13, Nov 12
- No. 5 LSU lost to Wisconsin, unranked, 16-14, Sep 3
Most ranked teams lost in week 13 of 2016: 11, 1 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 26 to Sep 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Sep 8 to Sep 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Sep 15 to Sep 17 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Sep 22 to Sep 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Sep 29 to Oct 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | Oct 5 to Oct 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Oct 12 to Oct 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 20 to Oct 22 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Oct 27 to Oct 29 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 to Nov 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | Nov 8 to Nov 12 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 to Nov 19 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Nov 22 to Nov 26 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Dec 2 to Dec 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Dec 9 to Dec 10 | 0 | 0 |
The season
September
- Sep 1
Tennessee 20, App State 13Overtime - Sep 2
Army 28, Temple 13 - Sep 2
Colorado 44, Colorado State 7 - Sep 3
Texas State 56, Ohio 543 overtimes - Sep 3
Houston 33, Oklahoma 23Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 3
Wisconsin 16, LSU 14Upset of a ranked team - Sep 3
Wyoming 40, Northern Illinois 343 overtimes - Sep 3
South Alabama 21, Mississippi State 20 - Sep 3
Texas A&M 31, UCLA 24Overtime - Sep 3Alabama 52, USC 6
- Sep 3
Ohio State 77, Bowling Green 10 - Sep 4
Texas 50, Notre Dame 47Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes
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- Sep 5
Florida State 45, Ole Miss 34 - Sep 10Arkansas 41, TCU 382 overtimes
- Sep 10
Central Michigan 30, Oklahoma State 27 - Sep 10
Utah 20, BYU 19 - Sep 10
New Mexico State 32, New Mexico 31 - Sep 10
Pittsburgh 42, Penn State 39 - Sep 10
Iowa 42, Iowa State 3 - Sep 17
Louisville 63, Florida State 20Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 17
California 50, Texas 43 - Sep 17
Akron 65, Marshall 38 - Sep 17
Maryland 30, UCF 242 overtimes - Sep 17Ohio State 45, Oklahoma 24
- Sep 17
Kansas State 63, Florida Atlantic 7 - Sep 17
Virginia Tech 49, Boston College 0 - Sep 23Utah 31, USC 27
- Sep 23
TCU 33, SMU 3 - Sep 24
Buffalo 23, Army 20Overtime - Sep 24
Ole Miss 45, Georgia 14Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 24
Tulsa 48, Fresno State 412 overtimes - Sep 24
Duke 38, Notre Dame 35 - Sep 24
Stanford 22, UCLA 13 - Sep 24
Washington 35, Arizona 28Overtime - Sep 24
Vanderbilt 31, Western Kentucky 30Overtime - Sep 24
Idaho 33, UNLV 30Overtime - Sep 24
North Texas 42, Rice 352 overtimes - Sep 24
North Carolina 37, Pittsburgh 36 - Sep 24
Tulane 41, Louisiana 394 overtimes - Sep 24
Wisconsin 30, Michigan State 6 - Sep 24
Memphis 77, Bowling Green 3 - Sep 24
Cincinnati 27, Miami (OH) 20 - Sep 30Washington 44, Stanford 6
- Sep 30
BYU 55, Toledo 53
October
- Oct 1North Carolina 37, Florida State 35Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 1
South Alabama 42, San Diego State 24 - Oct 1Clemson 42, Louisville 36
- Oct 1
Akron 31, Kent State 27 - Oct 1Michigan 14, Wisconsin 7
- Oct 1Tennessee 34, Georgia 31
- Oct 1
Baylor 45, Iowa State 42 - Oct 1
Indiana 24, Michigan State 21Upset of a ranked team · Overtime - Oct 1
Penn State 29, Minnesota 26Overtime - Oct 1Ohio 17, Miami (OH) 7
- Oct 1
Air Force 28, Navy 14 - Oct 1
Western Michigan 49, Central Michigan 10
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- Oct 1Wyoming 38, Colorado State 17
- Oct 5
Arkansas State 27, Georgia Southern 26 - Oct 7Tulsa 43, SMU 40Overtime
- Oct 8Texas A&M 45, Tennessee 382 overtimes
- Oct 8Navy 46, Houston 40Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 8
Florida State 20, Miami 19Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 8
Washington State 42, Stanford 16Upset of a ranked team - Oct 8
Oregon State 47, California 44Overtime - Oct 8
Pittsburgh 37, Georgia Tech 34 - Oct 8
Purdue 34, Illinois 31Overtime - Oct 8
Idaho 34, UL Monroe 31 - Oct 8
Michigan 78, Rutgers 0 - Oct 8Oklahoma 45, Texas 40
- Oct 8Iowa 14, Minnesota 7
- Oct 8
Washington 70, Oregon 21 - Oct 9
Charlotte 28, Florida Atlantic 23 - Oct 14BYU 28, Mississippi State 212 overtimes
- Oct 15Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 23Overtime
- Oct 15
Western Kentucky 44, Middle Tennessee 432 overtimes - Oct 15Alabama 49, Tennessee 10
- Oct 15Arkansas 34, Ole Miss 30Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 15
Syracuse 31, Virginia Tech 17Upset of a ranked team - Oct 15Vanderbilt 17, Georgia 16
- Oct 15New Mexico 45, Air Force 40
- Oct 15Clemson 24, NC State 17Overtime
- Oct 15Temple 26, UCF 25
- Oct 15Toledo 42, Bowling Green 35
- Oct 16Purdue and Darrell Hazell part waysCoaching change
- Oct 21California 52, Oregon 492 overtimes
- Oct 22Hawai'i 34, Air Force 272 overtimes
- Oct 22Penn State 24, Ohio State 21Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 22SMU 38, Houston 16Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 22North Texas 35, Army 18
- Oct 22Alabama 33, Texas A&M 14
- Oct 22
Kentucky 40, Mississippi State 38 - Oct 22Minnesota 34, Rutgers 32
- Oct 22
Auburn 56, Arkansas 3 - Oct 22LSU 38, Ole Miss 21
- Oct 27Buffalo 41, Akron 20
- Oct 27Ohio 31, Toledo 26
- Oct 27App State 34, Georgia Southern 10
- Oct 29
Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 17Overtime - Oct 29Kent State 27, Central Michigan 24
- Oct 29
Wyoming 30, Boise State 28Upset of a ranked team - Oct 29
Texas Tech 27, TCU 242 overtimes - Oct 29Texas 35, Baylor 34Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 29
Oklahoma State 37, West Virginia 20Upset of a ranked team - Oct 29
South Carolina 24, Tennessee 21Upset of a ranked team - Oct 29Boston College 21, NC State 14
- Oct 29
Louisville 32, Virginia 25 - Oct 29Notre Dame 30, Miami 27
- Oct 29
South Alabama 13, Georgia State 10 - Oct 29Clemson 37, Florida State 34
- Oct 29Michigan 32, Michigan State 23
- Oct 29
Florida 24, Georgia 10
November
- Nov 5TCU 62, Baylor 22Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 5Ohio State 62, Nebraska 3
- Nov 5Mississippi State 35, Texas A&M 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 5Arkansas 31, Florida 10Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 5
UTSA 45, Middle Tennessee 25 - Nov 5Georgia 27, Kentucky 24
- Nov 5UL Monroe 42, South Alabama 35Overtime
- Nov 5Alabama 10, LSU 0
- Nov 5Washington State 69, Arizona 7
- Nov 5Air Force 31, Army 12
- Nov 10Duke 28, North Carolina 27Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12Iowa 14, Michigan 13Upset of a ranked team
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- Nov 12Pittsburgh 43, Clemson 42Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12USC 26, Washington 13Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12Georgia 13, Auburn 7Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12UNLV 69, Wyoming 663 overtimes
- Nov 12Ole Miss 29, Texas A&M 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12Georgia Tech 30, Virginia Tech 20Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 12
Florida Atlantic 35, UTEP 31 - Nov 12LSU 38, Arkansas 10
- Nov 13Georgia State and Trent Miles part waysCoaching change
- Nov 16
Northern Illinois 31, Eastern Michigan 24Overtime - Nov 17Houston 36, Louisville 10Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 19Oregon 30, Utah 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 19
Kansas 24, Texas 21Overtime - Nov 19Florida 16, LSU 10Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 19
Nevada 38, Utah State 37 - Nov 19Oklahoma 56, West Virginia 28
- Nov 19Colorado 38, Washington State 24
- Nov 19Georgia State 30, Georgia Southern 24
- Nov 19Stanford 45, California 31
- Nov 19USC 36, UCLA 14
- Nov 22Eastern Michigan 26, Central Michigan 21
- Nov 25Memphis 48, Houston 44
- Nov 25Tulsa 40, Cincinnati 37Overtime
- Nov 25Iowa 40, Nebraska 10Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 25NC State 28, North Carolina 21
- Nov 25Washington 45, Washington State 17
- Nov 25
Arizona 56, Arizona State 35 - Nov 26Ohio State 30, Michigan 272 overtimes
- Nov 26Kentucky 41, Louisville 38Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 26Georgia Tech 28, Georgia 27
- Nov 26Florida State 31, Florida 13
- Nov 26Mississippi State 55, Ole Miss 20
- Nov 26Nevada 45, UNLV 10
- Nov 26Indiana 26, Purdue 24
- Nov 26Virginia Tech 52, Virginia 10
- Nov 26Kansas State 34, Kansas 19
- Nov 26
South Florida 48, UCF 31 - Nov 26
Northwestern 42, Illinois 21 - Nov 26USC 45, Notre Dame 27
- Nov 26Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 17
- Nov 26Alabama 30, Auburn 12
- Nov 26Oregon State 34, Oregon 24
- Nov 26Clemson 56, South Carolina 7
- Texas hires Tom HermanCoaching change
December
- Indiana hires Tom AllenCoaching change
- Dec 3Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 20
- Purdue hires Jeff BrohmCoaching change
- Baylor hires Matt RhuleCoaching change
- Oregon hires Willie TaggartCoaching change
- Nevada hires Jay NorvellCoaching change
San José State hires Brent BrennanCoaching change- Georgia State hires Shawn ElliottCoaching change
- Dec 10Army 21, Navy 17
- Cincinnati hires Luke FickellCoaching change
- South Florida hires Charlie StrongCoaching change
- Florida Atlantic hires Lane KiffinCoaching change
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- Western Kentucky hires Mike Sanford Jr.Coaching change
- Temple hires Geoff CollinsCoaching change
UConn hires Randy EdsallCoaching change- Dec 29Virginia Tech 35, Arkansas 24
- Dec 29South Florida 46, South Carolina 39Overtime
- Dec 30Stanford 25, North Carolina 23
- Dec 31Alabama 24, Washington 7
- Dec 31Clemson 31, Ohio State 0
- Dec 31LSU 29, Louisville 9
January
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 2Washington 41, Colorado 10Pac-12 Championship
- Dec 2Western Michigan 29, Ohio 23MAC Championship
- Dec 3Alabama 54, Florida 16SEC Championship
- Dec 3Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31Big Ten Championship
- Dec 3Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35ACC Championship
- Dec 3Temple 34, Navy 10American Athletic Championship
- Dec 3
Western Kentucky 58, Louisiana Tech 44Conference USA Championship - Dec 3San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24Mountain West Championship
- Dec 23Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
- Dec 27Army 38, North Texas 31Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl
- Dec 28Miami 31, West Virginia 14Russell Athletic Bowl
- Dec 29Oklahoma State 38, Colorado 8Valero Alamo Bowl
- Dec 30Florida State 33, Michigan 32Capital One Orange Bowl