2017 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Alabama
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Clemson
- Head-coach changes listed
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Your team
The 2017 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a higher-ranked team
Washington State30
USC27September 29, 2017 - Upset of a ranked team
Iowa State38
Oklahoma31October 7, 2017 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Auburn40
Georgia17November 11, 2017 - Big Ten Championship
Ohio State27
Wisconsin21December 2, 2017 - Rose Bowl Game, CFP semifinalGeorgia54Oklahoma48January 1, 2018
- CFP National Championship
Alabama26Georgia23January 8, 2018
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. 1 Alabama lost to No. 6 Auburn, 26-14, Nov 25
- No. 2 Clemson lost to Syracuse, unranked, 27-24, Oct 13
- No. 2 Miami lost to Pittsburgh, unranked, 24-14, Nov 24
- No. 2 Georgia lost to No. 10 Auburn, 40-17, Nov 11
- No. 3 Oklahoma lost to Iowa State, unranked, 38-31, Oct 7
- No. 3 Ohio State lost to Iowa, unranked, 55-24, Nov 4
- No. 3 Wisconsin lost to No. 8 Ohio State, 27-21, Dec 2
- No. 4 TCU lost to No. 25 Iowa State, 14-7, Oct 28
Most ranked teams lost in week 10 of 2017: 9, 2 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 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Sep 7 to Sep 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Sep 14 to Sep 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Sep 21 to Sep 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Sep 28 to Sep 30 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 to Oct 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Oct 11 to Oct 15 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Oct 19 to Oct 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Oct 26 to Oct 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | Oct 31 to Nov 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | Nov 7 to Nov 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 12 | Nov 14 to Nov 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nov 21 to Nov 25 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | Dec 1 to Dec 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 15 | Dec 8 to Dec 9 | 0 | 0 |
The season
September
- Sep 1
Colorado 17, Colorado State 3 - Sep 2
Alabama 24, Florida State 7 - Sep 2
Maryland 51, Texas 41Upset of a ranked team - Sep 4
Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 412 overtimes - Sep 9Oklahoma 31, Ohio State 16
- Sep 9
Washington State 47, Boise State 443 overtimes - Sep 9
Iowa 44, Iowa State 41Overtime - Sep 9
Clemson 14, Auburn 6 - Sep 9
USC 42, Stanford 24 - Sep 9
Illinois 20, Western Kentucky 7 - Sep 9
Utah 19, BYU 13 - Sep 9
New Mexico State 30, New Mexico 28
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- Sep 9
Penn State 33, Pittsburgh 14 - Sep 16USC 27, Texas 242 overtimes
- Sep 16
Mississippi State 37, LSU 7Upset of a ranked team - Sep 16
Florida 26, Tennessee 20 - Sep 16
Louisiana Tech 23, Western Kentucky 22 - Sep 16
Toledo 54, Tulsa 51 - Sep 16
Clemson 47, Louisville 21 - Sep 16
Penn State 56, Georgia State 0 - Sep 16
North Carolina 53, Old Dominion 23 - Sep 16
UAB 30, Coastal Carolina 23 - Sep 16
Cincinnati 21, Miami (OH) 17 - Sep 16
TCU 56, SMU 36 - Sep 23
UL Monroe 56, Louisiana 502 overtimes - Sep 23
TCU 44, Oklahoma State 31Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 23NC State 27, Florida State 21Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 23
Arizona State 37, Oregon 35Upset of a ranked team - Sep 23Penn State 21, Iowa 19
- Sep 23
Texas A&M 50, Arkansas 43Overtime - Sep 23
South Carolina 17, Louisiana Tech 16 - Sep 23
Tulane 21, Army 17 - Sep 23
North Texas 46, UAB 43 - Sep 23New Mexico 16, Tulsa 13
- Sep 23
Idaho 29, South Alabama 232 overtimes - Sep 23
Ohio 27, Eastern Michigan 202 overtimes - Sep 23
Wyoming 28, Hawai'i 21Overtime - Sep 23
Texas Tech 27, Houston 24 - Sep 29Washington State 30, USC 27Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 30
Troy 24, LSU 21 - Sep 30
Alabama 66, Ole Miss 3 - Sep 30
Clemson 31, Virginia Tech 17 - Sep 30Auburn 49, Mississippi State 10
October
- Oct 7Iowa State 38, Oklahoma 31Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 7
Michigan State 14, Michigan 10Upset of a ranked team - Oct 7
Miami 24, Florida State 20 - Oct 7
Navy 48, Air Force 45 - Oct 7
Bowling Green 37, Miami (OH) 29 - Oct 7
Western Michigan 71, Buffalo 687 overtimes - Oct 9
Oregon State and Gary Andersen part waysCoaching change - Oct 11South Alabama 19, Troy 8
- Oct 13
Syracuse 27, Clemson 24Upset of a ranked team - Oct 13
California 37, Washington State 3Upset of a ranked team - Oct 14
Boston College 45, Louisville 42 - Oct 14
Arizona State 13, Washington 7Upset of a ranked team
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- Oct 14LSU 27, Auburn 23Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 14Miami 25, Georgia Tech 24
- Oct 14
Michigan 27, Indiana 20Overtime - Oct 14
North Texas 29, UTSA 26 - Oct 14Oklahoma 29, Texas 24
- Oct 14
Boise State 31, San Diego State 14Upset of a ranked team - Oct 20
Air Force 45, Nevada 42 - Oct 21
Notre Dame 49, USC 14 - Oct 21
Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35 - Oct 21Oklahoma State 13, Texas 10Overtime
- Oct 21
Army 31, Temple 28Overtime - Oct 21
Arizona 45, California 442 overtimes - Oct 21
Northwestern 17, Iowa 10Overtime - Oct 21Louisville 31, Florida State 28
- Oct 21
Charlotte 25, UAB 24Overtime - Oct 21SMU 31, Cincinnati 28Overtime
- Oct 21Western Michigan 20, Eastern Michigan 17Overtime
- Oct 21Alabama 45, Tennessee 7
- Oct 21LSU 40, Ole Miss 24
- Oct 26Stanford 15, Oregon State 14
- Oct 28Ohio State 39, Penn State 38
- Oct 28Iowa State 14, TCU 7Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 28Northwestern 39, Michigan State 31Upset of a ranked team · 3 overtimes
- Oct 28
Houston 28, South Florida 24 - Oct 28Arizona 58, Washington State 37Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 28
UNLV 26, Fresno State 16 - Oct 28Arkansas 38, Ole Miss 37
- Oct 28
Nebraska 25, Purdue 24 - Oct 28
Massachusetts 30, App State 272 overtimes - Oct 28Notre Dame 35, NC State 14
- Oct 28
Iowa 17, Minnesota 10 - Oct 28
Kansas State 30, Kansas 20 - Oct 28Georgia 42, Florida 7
- Oct 29Florida and Jim McElwain part waysCoaching change
- Oct 31Ohio 45, Miami (OH) 28
November
- Nov 1
Central Michigan 35, Western Michigan 28 - Nov 4Michigan State 27, Penn State 24Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 4Iowa 55, Ohio State 24Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 4
West Virginia 20, Iowa State 16Upset of a ranked team - Nov 4
Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34 - Nov 4Kansas State 42, Texas Tech 35Overtime
- Nov 4Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24Overtime
- Nov 4UL Monroe 52, App State 45
- Nov 4Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 52
- Nov 4Miami 28, Virginia Tech 10
- Nov 4
Georgia State 21, Georgia Southern 17 - Nov 4Wyoming 16, Colorado State 13
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- Nov 4Army 21, Air Force 0
- Nov 4Alabama 24, LSU 10
- Nov 4Washington 38, Oregon 3
- Nov 8Central Michigan 42, Eastern Michigan 30
- Nov 9App State 27, Georgia Southern 6
- Nov 10Stanford 30, Washington 22Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 11Auburn 40, Georgia 17Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 11Miami 41, Notre Dame 8
- Nov 11Ohio State 48, Michigan State 3
- Nov 11Alabama 31, Mississippi State 24
- Nov 11Oklahoma 38, TCU 20
- Nov 11Navy 43, SMU 40
- Nov 11
Tulane 31, East Carolina 24Overtime - Nov 11Boise State 59, Colorado State 52Overtime
- Nov 11LSU 33, Arkansas 10
- Nov 12Tennessee and Butch Jones part waysCoaching change
- Nov 14
Akron 37, Ohio 34 - Nov 15Toledo 66, Bowling Green 37
- Nov 17UNLV 38, New Mexico 35
- Nov 17
Western Kentucky 41, Middle Tennessee 383 overtimes - Nov 18Kansas State 45, Oklahoma State 40
- Nov 18Washington 33, Utah 30
- Nov 18Mississippi State 28, Arkansas 21
- Nov 18North Texas 52, Army 49
- Nov 18
UTSA 9, Marshall 7 - Nov 18
USC 28, UCLA 23 - Nov 18Stanford 17, California 14
- Nov 18Georgia Southern 52, South Alabama 0
- Nov 19UCLA and Jim Mora part waysCoaching change
- Nov 21
Akron 24, Kent State 14 - Nov 23Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 24Pittsburgh 24, Miami 14Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 24
Missouri 48, Arkansas 45 - Nov 24UCLA 30, California 27
- Nov 24
UCF 49, South Florida 42 - Nov 24
TCU 45, Baylor 22 - Nov 24Iowa 56, Nebraska 14
- Nov 24
Virginia Tech 10, Virginia 0 - Nov 25Auburn 26, Alabama 14Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 25Stanford 38, Notre Dame 20Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 25
San José State 20, Wyoming 17 - Nov 25Kansas State 20, Iowa State 19
- Nov 25Penn State 66, Maryland 3
- Nov 25Washington 41, Washington State 14
- Nov 25
Memphis 70, East Carolina 13 - Nov 25Fresno State 28, Boise State 17Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 25Purdue 31, Indiana 24
- Nov 25Nevada 23, UNLV 16
- Nov 25Georgia 38, Georgia Tech 7
- Nov 25Florida State 38, Florida 22
- Nov 25Louisville 44, Kentucky 17
- Nov 25Ohio State 31, Michigan 20
- Nov 25NC State 33, North Carolina 21
- Nov 25Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 0
- Nov 25Northwestern 42, Illinois 7
- Nov 25Arizona State 42, Arizona 30
- Nov 25Oregon 69, Oregon State 10
- Nov 25Clemson 34, South Carolina 10
- Florida hires Dan MullenCoaching change
- Nov 25UCLA hires Chip KellyCoaching change
- Mississippi State hires Joe MoorheadCoaching change
- Oregon State hires Jonathan SmithCoaching change
December
- Texas A&M hires Jimbo FisherCoaching change
- Dec 2
Troy 32, Arkansas State 25 - Nebraska hires Scott FrostCoaching change
- Arizona State hires Herm EdwardsCoaching change
- Florida State hires Willie TaggartCoaching change
- UCF hires Josh HeupelCoaching change
UTEP hires Dana DimelCoaching change- Arkansas hires Chad MorrisCoaching change
Rice hires Mike BloomgrenCoaching change- Tennessee hires Jeremy PruittCoaching change
- Oregon hires Mario CristobalCoaching change
- Dec 9Army 14, Navy 13
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- SMU hires Sonny DykesCoaching change
- Louisiana hires Billy NapierCoaching change
- Kent State hires Sean LewisCoaching change
- Dec 29Ohio State 24, USC 7
- Dec 29Northwestern 24, Kentucky 23
- Dec 29
New Mexico State 26, Utah State 20Overtime - Dec 30Wisconsin 34, Miami 24
- Dec 30Penn State 35, Washington 28
- Dec 30Iowa State 21, Memphis 20Upset of a ranked team
January
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 1USC 31, Stanford 28Pac-12 Championship
- Dec 2Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship
- Dec 2Clemson 38, Miami 3ACC Championship
- Dec 2Georgia 28, Auburn 7SEC Championship
- Dec 2Oklahoma 41, TCU 17Big 12 Championship
- Dec 2UCF 62, Memphis 55American Athletic Championship
- Dec 2Boise State 17, Fresno State 14Mountain West Championship
- Dec 2Toledo 45, Akron 28MAC Championship
- Dec 2
Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17Conference USA Championship - Dec 23South Florida 38, Texas Tech 34Birmingham Bowl
- Dec 23Army 42, San Diego State 35Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
- Dec 28TCU 39, Stanford 37Valero Alamo Bowl