2018 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Clemson
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Alabama
- Head-coach changes listed
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Your team
The 2018 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a higher-ranked team
Texas48
Oklahoma45October 6, 2018 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
LSU36
Georgia16October 13, 2018 - Upset of a ranked team · 7 overtimes
Texas A&M74LSU72November 24, 2018 - Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, CFP semifinal
Clemson30
Notre Dame3December 29, 2018 - Allstate Sugar BowlTexas28Georgia21January 1, 2019
- CFP National ChampionshipClemson44
Alabama16January 7, 2019
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 Purdue, unranked, 49-20, Oct 20
- No. 2 Georgia lost to No. 13 LSU, 36-16, Oct 13
- No. 4 Michigan lost to No. 10 Ohio State, 62-39, Nov 24
- No. 5 LSU lost to No. 22 Florida, 27-19, Oct 6
- No. 6 Wisconsin lost to BYU, unranked, 24-21, Sep 15
- No. 6 West Virginia lost to Iowa State, unranked, 30-14, Oct 13
- No. 6 Texas lost to Oklahoma State, unranked, 38-35, Oct 27
- No. 7 West Virginia lost to Oklahoma State, unranked, 45-41, Nov 17
Most ranked teams lost in week 9 of 2018: 11, 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 25 to Sep 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Sep 6 to Sep 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Sep 12 to Sep 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Sep 20 to Sep 22 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 to Sep 29 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | Oct 4 to Oct 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | Oct 9 to Oct 13 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | Oct 18 to Oct 20 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | Oct 23 to Oct 27 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | Oct 30 to Nov 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | Nov 6 to Nov 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Nov 13 to Nov 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Nov 20 to Nov 24 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | Nov 29 to Dec 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Dec 7 to Dec 8 | 0 | 0 |
The season
The small line under a game is the winner’s chance to win, play by play.
August
September
- Sep 1
Notre Dame 24, Michigan 17 - Sep 1
Cincinnati 26, UCLA 17 - Sep 1
Penn State 45, App State 38Overtime - Sep 1
Auburn 21, Washington 16 - Sep 1
Oklahoma 63, Florida Atlantic 14 - Sep 2
LSU 33, Miami 17Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 7
TCU 42, SMU 12 - Sep 8
Arizona State 16, Michigan State 13Upset of a ranked team - Sep 8
Colorado State 34, Arkansas 27 - Sep 8
Eastern Michigan 20, Purdue 19 - Sep 8
East Carolina 41, North Carolina 19 - Sep 8
Colorado 33, Nebraska 28
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- Sep 8
Duke 21, Northwestern 7 - Sep 8
Iowa 13, Iowa State 3 - Sep 8
Cincinnati 21, Miami (OH) 0 - Sep 8
Penn State 51, Pittsburgh 6 - Sep 15LSU 22, Auburn 21Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 15
BYU 24, Wisconsin 21Upset of a ranked team - Sep 15
Temple 35, Maryland 14 - Sep 15
Akron 39, Northwestern 34 - Sep 15
Missouri 40, Purdue 37 - Sep 15
Ohio State 40, TCU 28 - Sep 15
New Mexico 42, New Mexico State 25 - Sep 22
Old Dominion 49, Virginia Tech 35 - Sep 22
Kentucky 28, Mississippi State 7Upset of a ranked team - Sep 22
Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma State 17Upset of a ranked team - Sep 22
Oklahoma 28, Army 21Overtime - Sep 22
Stanford 38, Oregon 31Overtime - Sep 22
SMU 31, Navy 30Overtime - Sep 22
San Diego State 23, Eastern Michigan 20Overtime - Sep 28
Tulane 40, Memphis 24 - Sep 29Ohio State 27, Penn State 26
- Sep 29Notre Dame 38, Stanford 17
- Sep 29
Northern Illinois 26, Eastern Michigan 233 overtimes - Sep 29
Georgia Southern 28, Arkansas State 21 - Sep 29
Hawai'i 44, San José State 415 overtimes - Sep 29
LSU 45, Ole Miss 16
October
- Oct 6Texas 48, Oklahoma 45Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 6Texas A&M 20, Kentucky 14Upset of a ranked team · Overtime
- Oct 6
Florida 27, LSU 19Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 6Mississippi State 23, Auburn 9Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 6
Utah 40, Stanford 21Upset of a ranked team - Oct 6
South Carolina 37, Missouri 35 - Oct 6
Baylor 37, Kansas State 34 - Oct 6
Pittsburgh 44, Syracuse 37Overtime - Oct 6
Miami 28, Florida State 27 - Oct 6
Iowa 48, Minnesota 31 - Oct 6
Toledo 52, Bowling Green 36 - Oct 6
Air Force 35, Navy 7
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- Oct 12
South Florida 25, Tulsa 24 - Oct 13LSU 36, Georgia 16Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 13Michigan State 21, Penn State 17Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 13Oregon 30, Washington 27Upset of a higher-ranked team · Overtime
- Oct 13
Iowa State 30, West Virginia 14Upset of a ranked team - Oct 13
Tennessee 30, Auburn 24Upset of a ranked team - Oct 13Virginia Tech 22, North Carolina 19
- Oct 13Northwestern 34, Nebraska 31Overtime
- Oct 13Colorado State 20, New Mexico 18
- Oct 13Michigan 38, Wisconsin 13
- Oct 14Bowling Green and Mike Jinks part waysCoaching change
- Oct 20Purdue 49, Ohio State 20Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 20
Washington State 34, Oregon 20Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 20Temple 24, Cincinnati 17Upset of a ranked team · Overtime
- Oct 20Syracuse 40, North Carolina 372 overtimes
- Oct 20Army 31, Miami (OH) 302 overtimes
- Oct 20
Old Dominion 37, Western Kentucky 34 - Oct 20
Akron 24, Kent State 23Overtime - Oct 20Michigan 21, Michigan State 7
- Oct 20
Western Michigan 35, Central Michigan 10 - Oct 20Alabama 58, Tennessee 21
- Oct 25Georgia Southern 34, App State 14Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 26
Wyoming 34, Colorado State 21 - Oct 27Oklahoma State 38, Texas 35Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 27
California 12, Washington 10Upset of a ranked team - Oct 27
Oregon State 41, Colorado 34Overtime - Oct 27Washington State 41, Stanford 38
- Oct 27Pittsburgh 54, Duke 45
- Oct 27Cincinnati 26, SMU 20Overtime
- Oct 27Clemson 59, Florida State 10
- Oct 27Georgia 36, Florida 17
- Oct 27
Houston 57, South Florida 36Upset of a ranked team - Oct 27
Arizona State 38, USC 35
November
- Nov 2
Middle Tennessee 29, Western Kentucky 10 - Nov 3Alabama 29, LSU 0
- Nov 3West Virginia 42, Texas 41
- Nov 3Michigan 42, Penn State 7
- Nov 3Missouri 38, Florida 17Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 3SMU 45, Houston 31Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 3Purdue 38, Iowa 36Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 3Baylor 35, Oklahoma State 31
- Nov 3
Clemson 77, Louisville 16 - Nov 3Georgia 34, Kentucky 17
- Nov 3Army 17, Air Force 14
- Nov 3Eastern Michigan 17, Central Michigan 7
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- Nov 7
Miami (OH) 30, Ohio 28 - Nov 8
Wake Forest 27, NC State 23Upset of a ranked team - Nov 9
Boise State 24, Fresno State 17Upset of a ranked team - Nov 10
Old Dominion 34, North Texas 31 - Nov 10Tennessee 24, Kentucky 7Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 10
UNLV 27, San Diego State 24 - Nov 10Texas 41, Texas Tech 34
- Nov 10Oklahoma 48, Oklahoma State 47
- Nov 10LSU 24, Arkansas 17
- Nov 10
Kansas State 21, Kansas 17 - Nov 10Georgia 27, Auburn 10
- Nov 11Louisville and Bobby Petrino part waysCoaching change
- Nov 13
Ball State 42, Western Michigan 41Overtime - Nov 17Oklahoma State 45, West Virginia 41Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 17Ohio State 52, Maryland 51Overtime
- Nov 17
Vanderbilt 36, Ole Miss 29Overtime - Nov 17
Georgia Tech 30, Virginia 27Overtime - Nov 17Wisconsin 47, Purdue 443 overtimes
- Nov 17Notre Dame 36, Syracuse 3
- Nov 17
Texas A&M 41, UAB 20 - Nov 17UCLA 34, USC 27
- Nov 17
Iowa 63, Illinois 0 - Nov 17TCU 16, Baylor 9
- Kansas hires Les MilesCoaching change
- Nov 18
Texas State and Everett Withers part waysCoaching change - Nov 18Colorado and Mike MacIntyre part waysCoaching change
- Nov 22Mississippi State 35, Ole Miss 3
- Nov 23Washington 28, Washington State 15Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 23Iowa 31, Nebraska 28
- Nov 23Virginia Tech 34, Virginia 31Overtime
- Nov 23Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 56
- Nov 23Oregon 55, Oregon State 15
- Nov 23
UCF 38, South Florida 10 - Nov 24Texas A&M 74, LSU 72Upset of a ranked team · 7 overtimes
- Nov 24Hawai'i 31, San Diego State 30Overtime
- Nov 24Ohio State 62, Michigan 39Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 24
UNLV 34, Nevada 29 - Nov 24NC State 34, North Carolina 28Overtime
- Nov 24
Charlotte 27, Florida Atlantic 24 - Nov 24Notre Dame 24, USC 17
- Nov 24
Boise State 33, Utah State 24Upset of a higher-ranked team - Nov 24
Arizona State 41, Arizona 40 - Nov 24
Purdue 28, Indiana 21 - Nov 24Minnesota 37, Wisconsin 15
- Nov 24Florida 41, Florida State 14
- Nov 24Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 21
- Nov 24
Georgia Southern 35, Georgia State 14 - Nov 24Alabama 52, Auburn 21
- Nov 24Northwestern 24, Illinois 16
- Nov 24Clemson 56, South Carolina 35
- Nov 24Kentucky 56, Louisville 10
- Nov 24Utah 35, BYU 27
- North Carolina hires Mack BrownCoaching change
- Western Kentucky hires Tyson HeltonCoaching change
- Texas State hires Jake SpavitalCoaching change
- Bowling Green hires Scot LoefflerCoaching change
- Texas Tech hires Matt WellsCoaching change
- Nov 29East Carolina and Scottie Montgomery part waysCoaching change
December
- Dec 1Stanford 23, California 13
- Central Michigan hires Jim McElwainCoaching change
Massachusetts hires Walt BellCoaching change- East Carolina hires Mike HoustonCoaching change
- Louisville hires Scott SatterfieldCoaching change
- Maryland hires Mike LocksleyCoaching change
- Charlotte hires Will HealyCoaching change
- Colorado hires Mel TuckerCoaching change
Liberty hires Hugh FreezeCoaching change- Georgia Tech hires Geoff CollinsCoaching change
- Dec 8Army 17, Navy 10
- Utah State hires Gary AndersenCoaching change
January
Troy hires Chip Lindsey
Coastal Carolina hires Jamey ChadwellBowls and playoff
December
- Dec 1Alabama 35, Georgia 28SEC Championship
- Dec 1Oklahoma 39, Texas 27Big 12 Championship
- Dec 1Fresno State 19, Boise State 16Mountain West Championship
- Dec 1Clemson 42, Pittsburgh 10ACC Championship
- Dec 1Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24Big Ten Championship
- Dec 1
App State 30, Louisiana 19Sun Belt Championship - Dec 1UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25Conference USA Championship
- Dec 1UCF 56, Memphis 41American Athletic Championship
- Dec 15Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
- Dec 22Army 70, Houston 14Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
- Dec 26TCU 10, California 7Cheez-It Bowl
- Dec 29Clemson 30, Notre Dame 3Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, CFP semifinal
- Dec 29Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34Capital One Orange Bowl, CFP semifinal
- Dec 29Florida 41, Michigan 15Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl