2023 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Michigan
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Michigan
- Head-coach changes listed
- 31
Your team
The 2023 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a higher-ranked team
Texas34
Alabama24September 9, 2023 - Allstate Red River Rivalry
Oklahoma34Texas30October 7, 2023 - Pac-12 Championship
Washington34
Oregon31December 1, 2023 - Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Missouri14
Ohio State3December 29, 2023 - Capital One Orange Bowl
Georgia63
Florida State3December 30, 2023 - CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game
Michigan27Alabama20January 1, 2024
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 Georgia lost to No. 8 Alabama, 27-24, Dec 2
- No. 3 Texas lost to No. 12 Oklahoma, 34-30, Oct 7
- No. 3 Alabama lost to No. 11 Texas, 34-24, Sep 9
- No. 6 Oklahoma lost to Kansas, unranked, 38-33, Oct 28
- No. 9 Clemson lost to Duke, unranked, 28-7, Sep 4
- No. 9 Louisville lost to Kentucky, unranked, 38-31, Nov 25
- No. 10 North Carolina lost to Virginia, unranked, 31-27, Oct 21
- No. 10 Oklahoma lost to Oklahoma State, unranked, 27-24, Nov 4
Most ranked teams lost in week 7 of 2023: 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 26 to Sep 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Sep 7 to Sep 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Sep 14 to Sep 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Sep 21 to Sep 24 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Sep 28 to Sep 30 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 to Oct 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Oct 10 to Oct 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 17 to Oct 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Oct 24 to Oct 30 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Oct 31 to Nov 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Nov 7 to Nov 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | Nov 14 to Nov 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Nov 21 to Nov 25 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Dec 1 to Dec 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | Dec 9 to Dec 9 | 0 | 0 |
The season
The small line under a game is the winner’s chance to win, play by play.
August
September
- Sep 2
Colorado 45, TCU 42Upset of a ranked team - Sep 2
Texas State 42, Baylor 31 - Sep 2
Illinois 30, Toledo 28 - Sep 2
Oklahoma 73, Arkansas State 0 - Sep 4
Duke 28, Clemson 7Upset of a ranked team - Sep 9Texas 34, Alabama 24Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 9
North Carolina 40, App State 342 overtimes - Sep 9
Rice 43, Houston 412 overtimes - Sep 9
Utah 20, Baylor 13 - Sep 9
Mississippi State 31, Arizona 24Overtime - Sep 9
UCF 18, Boise State 16 - Sep 9
Florida State 66, Southern Miss 13
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- Sep 9
Kansas State 42, Troy 13 - Sep 9
Iowa 20, Iowa State 13 - Sep 9
Colorado 36, Nebraska 14 - Sep 16Missouri 30, Kansas State 27Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 16
Miami (OH) 31, Cincinnati 24Overtime - Sep 16
Colorado 43, Colorado State 352 overtimes - Sep 16
Florida 29, Tennessee 16Upset of a ranked team - Sep 16
North Texas 40, Louisiana Tech 37 - Sep 16
UNLV 40, Vanderbilt 37 - Sep 16
West Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 6 - Sep 16
New Mexico State 27, New Mexico 17 - Sep 22
NC State 24, Virginia 21 - Sep 23
Central Michigan 34, South Alabama 30 - Sep 23
Ohio State 17, Notre Dame 14 - Sep 23
LSU 34, Arkansas 31 - Sep 23
Indiana 29, Akron 274 overtimes - Sep 23Florida State 31, Clemson 24Overtime
- Sep 23
Hawai'i 20, New Mexico State 17 - Sep 23
Northwestern 37, Minnesota 34Overtime - Sep 23
New Mexico 34, Massachusetts 31Overtime - Sep 23Oregon 42, Colorado 6
- Sep 23
Alabama 24, Ole Miss 10 - Sep 23
TCU 34, SMU 17 - Sep 28
Jacksonville State 35, Sam Houston 28Overtime - Sep 28
Western Kentucky 31, Middle Tennessee 10 - Sep 29
Oregon State 21, Utah 7Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 30
Bowling Green 38, Georgia Tech 27 - Sep 30West Virginia 24, TCU 21
- Sep 30
App State 41, UL Monroe 40 - Sep 30
Buffalo 13, Akron 10Overtime - Sep 30
Georgia 27, Auburn 20 - Sep 30Ole Miss 55, LSU 49Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 30
Central Michigan 26, Eastern Michigan 23
October
- Oct 7
Georgia Tech 23, Miami 20Upset of a ranked team - Oct 7
USC 43, Arizona 413 overtimes - Oct 7
Louisville 33, Notre Dame 20Upset of a higher-ranked team - Oct 7
UCLA 25, Washington State 17Upset of a ranked team - Oct 7
Boston College 27, Army 24 - Oct 7
Colorado 27, Arizona State 24 - Oct 7
Georgia 51, Kentucky 13 - Oct 7
Wyoming 24, Fresno State 19Upset of a ranked team - Oct 7
NC State 48, Marshall 41 - Oct 10
Coastal Carolina 27, App State 24 - Oct 12Houston 41, West Virginia 39
- Oct 13
Stanford 46, Colorado 432 overtimes
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- Oct 14Notre Dame 48, USC 20Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 14Washington 36, Oregon 33
- Oct 14Pittsburgh 38, Louisville 21Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 14
Illinois 27, Maryland 24 - Oct 14Colorado State 31, Boise State 30
- Oct 14
Penn State 63, Massachusetts 0 - Oct 14Arizona 44, Washington State 6Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 14
UNLV 45, Nevada 27 - Oct 17Jacksonville State 20, Western Kentucky 17
- Oct 21Ohio State 20, Penn State 12
- Oct 21Miami 28, Clemson 202 overtimes
- Oct 21Virginia 31, North Carolina 27Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 21Utah 34, USC 32
- Oct 21
Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21 - Oct 21
Wake Forest 21, Pittsburgh 17 - Oct 21UNLV 25, Colorado State 23
- Oct 21Minnesota 12, Iowa 10Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 21
Air Force 17, Navy 6 - Oct 21Alabama 34, Tennessee 20
- Oct 21
Michigan 49, Michigan State 0 - Oct 25
UTEP 37, Sam Houston 34 - Oct 26
Georgia Southern 44, Georgia State 27 - Oct 28
Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33Upset of a ranked team - Oct 28Oregon 35, Utah 6
- Oct 28Arizona 27, Oregon State 24Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 28Northwestern 33, Maryland 27
- Oct 28Miami 29, Virginia 26Overtime
- Oct 28
Memphis 45, North Texas 42 - Oct 28
Miami (OH) 30, Ohio 16 - Oct 28Georgia 43, Florida 20
November
- Nov 2Duke 24, Wake Forest 21
- Nov 3Wyoming 24, Colorado State 15
- Nov 4Army 23, Air Force 3Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 4
Oklahoma State 27, Oklahoma 24Upset of a ranked team - Nov 4Clemson 31, Notre Dame 23Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 4Texas 33, Kansas State 30Overtime
- Nov 4Arkansas 39, Florida 36Overtime
- Nov 4Iowa 10, Northwestern 7
- Nov 4
Charlotte 33, Tulsa 26Overtime - Nov 4
UAB 45, Florida Atlantic 42 - Nov 4
Coastal Carolina 28, Old Dominion 24 - Nov 4Georgia 30, Missouri 21
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- Nov 4Alabama 42, LSU 28
- Nov 4Utah 55, Arizona State 3
- Nov 4Fresno State 37, Boise State 30
- Nov 7
Ball State 20, Northern Illinois 17 - Nov 7
Western Michigan 38, Central Michigan 28 - Nov 9
Southern Miss 34, Louisiana 31Overtime - Nov 11UCF 45, Oklahoma State 3Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 11Georgia 52, Ole Miss 17
- Nov 11Arizona State 17, UCLA 7
- Nov 11Hawai'i 27, Air Force 13
- Nov 11
Texas Tech 16, Kansas 13Upset of a ranked team - Nov 11Arizona 34, Colorado 31
- Nov 11Maryland 13, Nebraska 10
- Nov 11Michigan 24, Penn State 15
- Nov 11Florida State 27, Miami 20
- Nov 11Washington 35, Utah 28
- Nov 12
Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher part waysCoaching change - Nov 13Mississippi State and Zach Arnett part waysCoaching change
- Nov 14Toledo 32, Bowling Green 31
- Nov 18New Mexico State 31, Auburn 10
- Nov 18New Mexico 25, Fresno State 17
- Nov 18Missouri 33, Florida 31
- Nov 18Wisconsin 24, Nebraska 17Overtime
- Nov 18Old Dominion 20, Georgia Southern 17
- Nov 18Georgia 38, Tennessee 10
- Nov 18Washington 22, Oregon State 20
- Nov 18
App State 26, James Madison 23Overtime - Nov 18Kansas State 31, Kansas 27
- Nov 18TCU 42, Baylor 17
- Nov 18UCLA 38, USC 20
- Nov 18
California 27, Stanford 15 - Nov 19
Syracuse and Dino Babers part waysCoaching change - Nov 23Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7
- Nov 24Iowa 13, Nebraska 10
- Nov 24Oregon 31, Oregon State 7
- Nov 25Michigan 30, Ohio State 24
- Nov 25Kentucky 38, Louisville 31Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 25Washington 24, Washington State 21
- Nov 25
Oklahoma State 40, BYU 342 overtimes - Nov 25New Mexico State 20, Jacksonville State 17
- Nov 25
Tulsa 29, East Carolina 27 - Nov 25North Texas 45, UAB 42
- Nov 25Old Dominion 25, Georgia State 24
- Nov 25Hawai'i 27, Colorado State 24
- Nov 25Alabama 27, Auburn 24
- Nov 25Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
- Nov 25
Purdue 35, Indiana 31 - Michigan State hires Jonathan SmithCoaching change
- Nov 25Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14
- Nov 25Arizona 59, Arizona State 23
- Nov 25App State 55, Georgia Southern 27
- Nov 25
Virginia Tech 55, Virginia 17 - Nov 25Florida State 24, Florida 15
- Nov 25
Clemson 16, South Carolina 7 - Nov 25Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
- Nov 25NC State 39, North Carolina 20
- Mississippi State hires Jeff LebbyCoaching change
- Texas A&M hires Mike ElkoCoaching change
- Oregon State hires Trent BrayCoaching change
- Syracuse hires Fran BrownCoaching change
San Diego State hires Sean LewisCoaching change- Indiana hires Curt CignettiCoaching change
December
- Houston hires Willie FritzCoaching change
- UTEP hires Scotty WaldenCoaching change
- Nevada hires Jeff ChoateCoaching change
- New Mexico hires Bronco MendenhallCoaching change
- Middle Tennessee hires Derek MasonCoaching change
- Wyoming hires Jay SawvelCoaching change
- Duke hires Manny DiazCoaching change
- James Madison hires Bob ChesneyCoaching change
Tulane hires Jon SumrallCoaching change- Dec 9Army 17, Navy 11
- Troy hires Gerad ParkerCoaching change
- New Mexico State hires Tony SanchezCoaching change
January
- Alabama hires Kalen DeBoerCoaching change
- Washington hires Jedd FischCoaching change
- Arizona hires Brent BrennanCoaching change
- South Alabama hires Major ApplewhiteCoaching change
- Buffalo hires Pete LemboCoaching change
San José State hires Ken NiumataloloCoaching change- Michigan hires Sherrone MooreCoaching change
February
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 1Washington 34, Oregon 31Pac-12 Championship
- Dec 1
Liberty 49, New Mexico State 35Conference USA Championship - Dec 2Alabama 27, Georgia 24SEC Championship
- Dec 2Florida State 16, Louisville 6ACC Championship
- Dec 2Miami (OH) 23, Toledo 14MAC Championship
- Dec 2Michigan 26, Iowa 0Big Ten Championship
- Dec 2Texas 49, Oklahoma State 21Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship
- Dec 2SMU 26, Tulane 14American Athletic Championship
- Dec 2Boise State 44, UNLV 20Mountain West Championship
- Dec 2Troy 49, App State 23Sun Belt Championship
- Dec 16Jacksonville State 34, Louisiana 31R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
- Dec 18Western Kentucky 38, Old Dominion 35Famous Toastery Bowl
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- Dec 23Duke 17, Troy 1076 Birmingham Bowl
- Dec 27USC 42, Louisville 28Directv Holiday Bowl
- Dec 28Arizona 38, Oklahoma 24Valero Alamo Bowl
- Dec 28Boston College 23, SMU 14Wasabi Fenway Bowl
- Dec 29Missouri 14, Ohio State 3Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- Dec 30Georgia 63, Florida State 3Capital One Orange Bowl
- Dec 30Ole Miss 38, Penn State 25Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
- Dec 30Wyoming 16, Toledo 15Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl