2019 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- LSU
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- LSU
- Head-coach changes listed
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Your team
The 2019 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a ranked team
California20
Washington19September 7, 2019 - Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes
South Carolina20
Georgia17October 12, 2019 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Minnesota31
Penn State26November 9, 2019 - Pac-12 Championship
Oregon37
Utah15December 6, 2019 - Playstation Fiesta Bowl, CFP semifinal
Clemson29
Ohio State23December 28, 2019 - CFP National Championship
LSU42Clemson25January 13, 2020
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. 3 Georgia lost to South Carolina, unranked, 20-17, Oct 12
- No. 5 Oklahoma lost to Kansas State, unranked, 48-41, Oct 26
- No. 5 Alabama lost to No. 16 Auburn, 48-45, Nov 30
- No. 5 Penn State lost to No. 13 Minnesota, 31-26, Nov 9
- No. 5 Utah lost to No. 13 Oregon, 37-15, Dec 6
- No. 6 Wisconsin lost to Illinois, unranked, 24-23, Oct 19
- No. 6 Oregon lost to Arizona State, unranked, 31-28, Nov 23
- No. 7 Minnesota lost to No. 23 Iowa, 23-19, Nov 16
Most ranked teams lost in week 4 of 2019: 8, 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 24 to Sep 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Sep 5 to Sep 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Sep 13 to Sep 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Sep 19 to Sep 21 | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | Sep 26 to Sep 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Oct 3 to Oct 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Oct 9 to Oct 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 16 to Oct 19 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | Oct 20 to Oct 26 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | Oct 31 to Nov 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Nov 5 to Nov 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | Nov 12 to Nov 23 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Nov 19 to Nov 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Nov 26 to Nov 30 | 6 | 3 |
| 15 | Dec 6 to Dec 14 | 6 | 4 |
| 16 | Dec 13 to Dec 14 | 0 | 0 |
The season
The small line under a game is the winner’s chance to win, play by play.
August
September
- Sep 7California 20, Washington 19Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 7
Michigan 24, Army 212 overtimes - Sep 7
Colorado 34, Nebraska 31Upset of a ranked team · Overtime - Sep 7
BYU 29, Tennessee 262 overtimes - Sep 7
Minnesota 38, Fresno State 352 overtimes - Sep 7
Florida State 45, UL Monroe 44Overtime - Sep 7
Clemson 24, Texas A&M 10 - Sep 7
LSU 45, Texas 38 - Sep 7
Oregon 77, Nevada 6 - Sep 7
Maryland 63, Syracuse 20Upset of a ranked team - Sep 13
Kansas 48, Boston College 24 - Sep 14
Arizona State 10, Michigan State 7Upset of a ranked team
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- Sep 14
BYU 30, USC 27Upset of a ranked team · Overtime - Sep 14
Eastern Michigan 34, Illinois 31 - Sep 14
Minnesota 35, Georgia Southern 32 - Sep 14
Air Force 30, Colorado 23Overtime - Sep 14
Penn State 17, Pittsburgh 10 - Sep 14
Iowa 18, Iowa State 17 - Sep 14
Cincinnati 35, Miami (OH) 13 - Sep 19
Tulane 38, Houston 31 - Sep 20USC 30, Utah 23Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 21
Pittsburgh 35, UCF 34Upset of a ranked team - Sep 21
UCLA 67, Washington State 63Upset of a ranked team - Sep 21
San José State 31, Arkansas 24 - Sep 21
Buffalo 38, Temple 22 - Sep 21
Georgia 23, Notre Dame 17 - Sep 21Ohio State 76, Miami (OH) 5
- Sep 21
Wisconsin 35, Michigan 14 - Sep 21
SMU 41, TCU 38Upset of a ranked team - Sep 21
New Mexico 55, New Mexico State 52 - Sep 27Arizona State 24, California 17Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 28
Michigan State 40, Indiana 31 - Sep 28
Baylor 23, Iowa State 21 - Sep 28
Stanford 31, Oregon State 28 - Sep 28
Louisiana Tech 23, Rice 20Overtime - Sep 28
Western Michigan 31, Central Michigan 15 - Sep 29
Rutgers and Chris Ash part waysCoaching change
October
- Oct 3
Georgia Southern 20, South Alabama 172 overtimes - Oct 5
SMU 43, Tulsa 373 overtimes - Oct 5Stanford 23, Washington 13Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 5
Virginia Tech 42, Miami 35 - Oct 5
Nebraska 13, Northwestern 10 - Oct 5
Navy 34, Air Force 25 - Oct 5
Ohio 21, Buffalo 20Overtime - Oct 5
Florida 24, Auburn 13 - Oct 5Tulane 42, Army 33
- Oct 5Central Michigan 42, Eastern Michigan 16
- Oct 12South Carolina 20, Georgia 17Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes
- Oct 12
Bowling Green 20, Toledo 7
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- Oct 12LSU 42, Florida 28
- Oct 12
Oklahoma 34, Texas 27 - Oct 12
UNLV 34, Vanderbilt 10 - Oct 12Nevada 41, San José State 38
- Oct 12
Northern Illinois 39, Ohio 36 - Oct 12Notre Dame 30, USC 27
- Oct 12
Kent State 26, Akron 3 - Oct 19Illinois 24, Wisconsin 23Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 19
Georgia Tech 28, Miami 21Overtime - Oct 19
BYU 28, Boise State 25Upset of a ranked team - Oct 19
Vanderbilt 21, Missouri 14Upset of a ranked team - Oct 19Texas 50, Kansas 48
- Oct 19
Virginia Tech 43, North Carolina 416 overtimes - Oct 19
North Texas 33, Middle Tennessee 30 - Oct 19
Georgia Southern 30, Coastal Carolina 273 overtimes - Oct 19Oregon 35, Washington 31
- Oct 19
Alabama 35, Tennessee 13 - Oct 26
Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41Upset of a ranked team - Oct 26Michigan 45, Notre Dame 14Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 26TCU 37, Texas 27Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 26Oregon 37, Washington State 35
- Oct 26
Kansas 37, Texas Tech 34 - Oct 26
Charlotte 39, North Texas 38 - Oct 26
Marshall 26, Western Kentucky 23 - Oct 26Navy 41, Tulane 38
- Oct 26Toledo 37, Eastern Michigan 34Overtime
- Oct 26LSU 23, Auburn 20
- Oct 26Ohio State 38, Wisconsin 7
- Oct 26Clemson 59, Boston College 7
- Oct 31
Georgia Southern 24, App State 21Upset of a ranked team
November
- Nov 2
Memphis 54, SMU 48Upset of a higher-ranked team - Nov 2Georgia 24, Florida 17
- Nov 2Notre Dame 21, Virginia Tech 20
- Nov 2
Cincinnati 46, East Carolina 43 - Nov 2
Fresno State 41, Hawai'i 38 - Nov 2
Coastal Carolina 36, Troy 35 - Nov 2Air Force 17, Army 13
- Nov 2Kansas State 38, Kansas 10
- Nov 2Miami 27, Florida State 10
- Nov 6Miami (OH) 24, Ohio 21
- Nov 8Tulsa 34, UCF 31
- Nov 9Minnesota 31, Penn State 26Upset of a higher-ranked team
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- Nov 9LSU 46, Alabama 41
- Nov 9Illinois 37, Michigan State 34
- Nov 9Baylor 29, TCU 233 overtimes
- Nov 9
Nevada 17, San Diego State 13Upset of a ranked team - Nov 9Texas 27, Kansas State 24Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 9
Boise State 20, Wyoming 17Overtime - Nov 9
Purdue 24, Northwestern 22 - Nov 9Colorado 16, Stanford 13
- Nov 9
Utah State 37, Fresno State 35 - Nov 10Arkansas and Chad Morris part waysCoaching change
- Nov 12Western Michigan 37, Ohio 34Overtime
- Nov 14Pittsburgh 34, North Carolina 27Overtime
- Nov 14Kent State 30, Buffalo 27
- Nov 15Marshall 31, Louisiana Tech 10
- Nov 16Iowa 23, Minnesota 19Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 16Georgia 21, Auburn 14
- Nov 16Oklahoma 34, Baylor 31
- Nov 16
West Virginia 24, Kansas State 20 - Nov 16
Cincinnati 20, South Florida 17 - Nov 16Iowa State 23, Texas 21Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 16Michigan 44, Michigan State 10
- Nov 16
LSU 58, Ole Miss 37 - Nov 22
Wyoming 17, Colorado State 7 - Nov 23Arizona State 31, Oregon 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 23
Florida International 30, Miami 24 - Nov 23Colorado 20, Washington 14
- Nov 23Washington State 54, Oregon State 53
- Nov 23Nevada 35, Fresno State 28
- Nov 23
Kent State 41, Ball State 38 - Nov 23Ohio State 28, Penn State 17
- Nov 23California 24, Stanford 20
- Nov 23USC 52, UCLA 35
- Nov 23LSU 56, Arkansas 20
- Nov 28
Mississippi State 21, Ole Miss 20 - Nov 29Iowa 27, Nebraska 24
- Nov 29Memphis 34, Cincinnati 24
- Nov 29
Virginia 39, Virginia Tech 30Upset of a ranked team - Nov 29Washington 31, Washington State 13
- Nov 29UCF 34, South Florida 7
- Nov 30Auburn 48, Alabama 45Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 30Indiana 44, Purdue 412 overtimes
- Nov 30UNLV 33, Nevada 30Overtime
- Nov 30Ohio State 56, Michigan 27
- Nov 30
Syracuse 39, Wake Forest 30Overtime - Nov 30Marshall 30, Florida International 27Overtime
- Nov 30Wisconsin 38, Minnesota 17
- Nov 30Western Kentucky 31, Middle Tennessee 26
- Nov 30Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7
- Nov 30Clemson 38, South Carolina 3
- Nov 30
Kentucky 45, Louisville 13 - Nov 30Northwestern 29, Illinois 10
- Nov 30Oregon 24, Oregon State 10
- Nov 30
Georgia Southern 38, Georgia State 10 - Nov 30North Carolina 41, NC State 10
- Nov 30Florida 40, Florida State 17
- Nov 30
Oklahoma 34, Oklahoma State 16 - Nov 30
Arizona State 24, Arizona 14
December
- Rutgers hires Greg SchianoCoaching change
- Washington hires Jimmy LakeCoaching change
- Ole Miss hires Lane KiffinCoaching change
Old Dominion hires Ricky RahneCoaching change- Florida State hires Mike NorvellCoaching change
- Arkansas hires Sam PittmanCoaching change
- Missouri hires Eli DrinkwitzCoaching change
- South Florida hires Jeff ScottCoaching change
UTSA hires Jeff TraylorCoaching change- Colorado State hires Steve AddazioCoaching change
- UNLV hires Marcus ArroyoCoaching change
Florida Atlantic hires Willie TaggartCoaching change
January
February
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 6Oregon 37, Utah 15Pac-12 Championship
- Dec 7Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23Big 12 Championship
- Dec 7LSU 37, Georgia 10SEC Championship
- Dec 7Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship
- Dec 7Clemson 62, Virginia 17ACC Championship
- Dec 7Memphis 29, Cincinnati 24American Athletic Championship
- Dec 28Clemson 29, Ohio State 23Playstation Fiesta Bowl, CFP semifinal
- Dec 28LSU 63, Oklahoma 28Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, CFP semifinal
- Dec 28Penn State 53, Memphis 39Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- Dec 30Florida 36, Virginia 28Capital One Orange Bowl