2024 season: games and coaching changes
- National champion
- Ohio State
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Oregon
- Head-coach changes listed
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Your team
The 2024 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a ranked team
Michigan13
Ohio State10November 30, 2024 - ACC Championship
Clemson34
SMU31December 7, 2024 - SEC Championship
Georgia22
Texas19December 7, 2024 - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose BowlOhio State41
Oregon21January 1, 2025 - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach BowlTexas39
Arizona State31January 1, 2025 - College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
Notre Dame27
Penn State24January 9, 2025
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 Vanderbilt, unranked, 40-35, Oct 5
- No. 2 Ohio State lost to Michigan, unranked, 13-10, Nov 30
- No. 2 Georgia lost to No. 16 Ole Miss, 28-10, Nov 9
- No. 4 Tennessee lost to Arkansas, unranked, 19-14, Oct 5
- No. 4 Miami lost to Georgia Tech, unranked, 28-23, Nov 9
- No. 5 Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois, unranked, 16-14, Sep 7
- No. 6 Ole Miss lost to Kentucky, unranked, 20-17, Sep 28
- No. 6 Tennessee lost to No. 11 Georgia, 31-17, Nov 16
Most ranked teams lost in week 13 of 2024: 8, 3 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 23 to Sep 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Sep 4 to Sep 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Sep 12 to Sep 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Sep 19 to Sep 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Sep 26 to Sep 29 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Oct 3 to Oct 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 7 | Oct 8 to Oct 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 15 to Oct 19 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Oct 22 to Oct 26 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Oct 29 to Nov 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | Nov 5 to Nov 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | Nov 12 to Nov 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Nov 19 to Nov 23 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | Nov 26 to Nov 30 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Dec 6 to Dec 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | Dec 13 to Dec 14 | 1 | 0 |
The season
The small line under a game is the winner’s chance to win, play by play.
August
September
- Sep 2
Boston College 28, Florida State 13Upset of a ranked team - Sep 6
Duke 26, Northwestern 202 overtimes - Sep 7
Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14Upset of a ranked team - Sep 7
Oklahoma State 39, Arkansas 312 overtimes - Sep 7
Iowa State 20, Iowa 19Upset of a ranked team - Sep 7Texas 31, Michigan 12
- Sep 7
Oregon 37, Boise State 34 - Sep 7
Michigan State 27, Maryland 24 - Sep 7
Pittsburgh 28, Cincinnati 27 - Sep 7
Nebraska 28, Colorado 10 - Sep 13
Kansas State 31, Arizona 7 - Sep 14
Eastern Michigan 37, Jacksonville State 342 overtimes
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- Sep 14
Georgia State 36, Vanderbilt 32 - Sep 14
Tennessee 71, Kent State 0 - Sep 14
Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7 - Sep 14
Washington State 24, Washington 19 - Sep 14
Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 34 - Sep 14
Cincinnati 27, Miami (OH) 16 - Sep 14
Oregon 49, Oregon State 14 - Sep 14
Western Kentucky 49, Middle Tennessee 21 - Sep 14
Colorado 28, Colorado State 9 - Sep 20
Washington State 54, San José State 522 overtimes - Sep 20
Illinois 31, Nebraska 24Overtime - Sep 20
Stanford 26, Syracuse 24 - Sep 21
BYU 38, Kansas State 9Upset of a ranked team - Sep 21
Buffalo 23, Northern Illinois 20Upset of a ranked team · Overtime - Sep 21
Colorado 38, Baylor 31Overtime - Sep 21
West Virginia 32, Kansas 28 - Sep 21
Tulsa 23, Louisiana Tech 20Overtime - Sep 21
Central Michigan 37, Ball State 34 - Sep 21
Tennessee 25, Oklahoma 15 - Sep 21
Utah 22, Oklahoma State 19 - Sep 21
SMU 66, TCU 42 - Sep 21
Iowa 31, Minnesota 14 - Sep 28
Alabama 41, Georgia 34 - Sep 28
Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17Upset of a ranked team - Sep 28Arizona 23, Utah 10Upset of a ranked team
- Sep 28
Miami (OH) 23, Massachusetts 20Overtime - Sep 28
Sam Houston 40, Texas State 39 - Sep 28
Central Michigan 22, San Diego State 21 - Sep 28
Old Dominion 30, Bowling Green 27 - Sep 28
New Mexico 50, New Mexico State 40
October
- Oct 4
Houston 30, TCU 19 - Oct 4
Syracuse 44, UNLV 41Upset of a ranked team · Overtime - Oct 5Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 5Arkansas 19, Tennessee 14Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 5
Texas A&M 41, Missouri 10 - Oct 5Oregon State 39, Colorado State 312 overtimes
- Oct 5Washington 27, Michigan 17Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 5
Minnesota 24, USC 17 - Oct 5
UL Monroe 21, James Madison 19 - Oct 5
Miami 39, California 38 - Oct 5Arizona State 35, Kansas 31
- Oct 5
Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16
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- Oct 5
Navy 34, Air Force 7 - Oct 5
Georgia 31, Auburn 13 - Oct 8
Liberty 31, Florida International 24Overtime - Oct 12
LSU 29, Ole Miss 26Overtime - Oct 12Oregon 32, Ohio State 31
- Oct 12Penn State 33, USC 30Overtime
- Oct 12
Tennessee 23, Florida 17Overtime - Oct 12
Minnesota 21, UCLA 17 - Oct 12
Georgia Tech 41, North Carolina 34 - Oct 12
Rice 29, UTSA 27 - Oct 15New Mexico State 33, Louisiana Tech 302 overtimes
- Oct 18BYU 38, Oklahoma State 35
- Oct 19Georgia 30, Texas 15
- Oct 19Tennessee 24, Alabama 17
- Oct 19
Iowa State 38, UCF 35 - Oct 19Eastern Michigan 38, Central Michigan 34
- Oct 19
Miami (OH) 30, Ohio 20 - Oct 19LSU 34, Arkansas 10
- Oct 20
Southern Miss and Will Hall part waysCoaching change - Oct 23
Kennesaw State 27, Liberty 24 - Oct 26SMU 28, Duke 27Overtime
- Oct 26Houston 17, Utah 14
- Oct 26
Utah State 27, Wyoming 25 - Oct 26Ball State 25, Northern Illinois 23
- Oct 26Texas A&M 38, LSU 23Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Oct 26Notre Dame 51, Navy 14
- Oct 26Michigan 24, Michigan State 17
- Oct 26Miami 36, Florida State 14
- Oct 27Rice and Mike Bloomgren part waysCoaching change
- Oct 30Jacksonville State 31, Liberty 21
November
- Nov 2Ohio State 20, Penn State 13
- Nov 2
Texas Tech 23, Iowa State 22Upset of a ranked team - Nov 2Baylor 37, TCU 34
- Nov 2
South Carolina 44, Texas A&M 20Upset of a ranked team - Nov 2
Louisville 33, Clemson 21 - Nov 2Northwestern 26, Purdue 20Overtime
- Nov 2
Syracuse 38, Virginia Tech 31Overtime - Nov 2
Hawai'i 21, Fresno State 20 - Nov 2
Army 20, Air Force 3 - Nov 2Georgia 34, Florida 20
- Nov 9Georgia Tech 28, Miami 23Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 9Ole Miss 28, Georgia 10Upset of a higher-ranked team
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- Nov 9BYU 22, Utah 21
- Nov 9
UTEP 43, Kennesaw State 352 overtimes - Nov 9Alabama 42, LSU 13
- Nov 9Missouri 30, Oklahoma 23
- Nov 9Jacksonville State 44, Louisiana Tech 37Overtime
- Nov 10Kennesaw State and Brian Bohannon part waysCoaching change
- Nov 12Buffalo 51, Ball State 48Overtime
- Nov 15Colorado State 24, Wyoming 10
- Nov 16Stanford 38, Louisville 35Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 16Kansas 17, BYU 13Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 16New Mexico 38, Washington State 35Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 16South Carolina 34, Missouri 30
- Nov 16Liberty 35, Massachusetts 34Overtime
- Nov 16Sam Houston 23, Kennesaw State 17Overtime
- Nov 16
Temple 18, Florida Atlantic 15Overtime - Nov 16Georgia 31, Tennessee 17Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 16Texas State 58, Southern Miss 3
- Nov 16Ball State and Mike Neu part waysCoaching change
- Nov 17Temple and Stan Drayton part waysCoaching change
- Nov 18
Charlotte and Biff Poggi part waysCoaching change - Nov 18Massachusetts and Don Brown part waysCoaching change
- Nov 18Florida Atlantic and Tom Herman part waysCoaching change
- Nov 19
Akron 38, Kent State 17 - Nov 21
Georgia Tech 30, NC State 29 - Nov 23
Ohio State 38, Indiana 15 - Nov 23Notre Dame 49, Army 14
- Nov 23Oklahoma 24, Alabama 3Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 23Florida 24, Ole Miss 17Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 23Auburn 43, Texas A&M 41Upset of a ranked team · 4 overtimes
- Nov 23Georgia State 52, Texas State 44
- Nov 23
Illinois 38, Rutgers 31 - Nov 23Oregon State 41, Washington State 38Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 23USC 19, UCLA 13
- Nov 23California 24, Stanford 21
- Nov 24Tulsa and Kevin Wilson part waysCoaching change
- Nov 26
Akron 21, Toledo 14Overtime - Rice hires Scott AbellCoaching change
- Nov 28
Memphis 34, Tulane 24Upset of a ranked team - Nov 29Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 428 overtimes
- Nov 29Iowa 13, Nebraska 10
- Nov 29
Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 - Nov 29
Ole Miss 26, Mississippi State 14 - Nov 30Michigan 13, Ohio State 10Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 30Wyoming 15, Washington State 14
- Nov 30NC State 35, North Carolina 30
- Nov 30Western Kentucky 19, Jacksonville State 17
- Nov 30Syracuse 42, Miami 38Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 30Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
- Nov 30
Duke 23, Wake Forest 17 - Nov 30Indiana 66, Purdue 0
- Nov 30South Carolina 17, Clemson 14
- Nov 30Louisville 41, Kentucky 14
- Nov 30Arizona State 49, Arizona 7
- Nov 30Alabama 28, Auburn 14
- Nov 30
Georgia Southern 29, App State 20 - Nov 30Florida 31, Florida State 11
- Nov 30Oregon 49, Washington 21
- Nov 30Texas 17, Texas A&M 7
- Nov 30
Virginia Tech 37, Virginia 17 - Nov 30
UNLV 38, Nevada 14
December
- Temple hires K.C. KeelerCoaching change
- Kennesaw State hires Jerry MackCoaching change
- Florida Atlantic hires Zach KittleyCoaching change
- Massachusetts hires Joe HarasymiakCoaching change
- Ball State hires Mike UremovichCoaching change
- Fresno State hires Matt EntzCoaching change
- Utah State hires Bronco MendenhallCoaching change
- UCF hires Scott FrostCoaching change
- App State hires Dowell LoggainsCoaching change
- Charlotte hires Tim AlbinCoaching change
- Southern Miss hires Charles HuffCoaching change
- Tulsa hires Tre LambCoaching change
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Marshall hires Tony GibsonCoaching change- Central Michigan hires Matt DrinkallCoaching change
- Purdue hires Barry OdomCoaching change
- North Carolina hires Bill BelichickCoaching change
- West Virginia hires Rich RodriguezCoaching change
- UNLV hires Dan MullenCoaching change
- Dec 14Navy 31, Army 13Upset of a ranked team
- Dec 14New Mexico hires Jason EckCoaching change
- Wake Forest hires Jake DickertCoaching change
- Ohio hires Brian SmithCoaching change
- Sam Houston hires Phil LongoCoaching change
- Jacksonville State hires Charles KellyCoaching change
- Washington State hires Jimmy RogersCoaching change
April
July
Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 6Jacksonville State 52, Western Kentucky 12Conference USA Championship
- Dec 6Boise State 21, UNLV 7Mountain West Championship
- Dec 6Army 35, Tulane 14American Athletic Championship
- Dec 7Clemson 34, SMU 31ACC Championship
- Dec 7Georgia 22, Texas 19SEC Championship
- Dec 7Oregon 45, Penn State 37Big Ten Championship
- Dec 7Arizona State 45, Iowa State 19Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship
- Dec 7Ohio 38, Miami (OH) 3MAC Championship
- Dec 7
Marshall 31, Louisiana 3Sun Belt Championship - Dec 20Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 21Penn State 38, SMU 10College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 21Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17College Football Playoff First Round Game
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- Dec 21Texas 38, Clemson 24College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 23Northern Illinois 28, Fresno State 20Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- Dec 26Toledo 48, Pittsburgh 46Gameabove Sports Bowl
- Dec 31Penn State 31, Boise State 14College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl
- Dec 31Michigan 19, Alabama 13Reliaquest Bowl
- Dec 31Illinois 21, South Carolina 17Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
January
- Jan 1Ohio State 41, Oregon 21College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl
- Jan 1Texas 39, Arizona State 31College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
- Jan 2Notre Dame 23, Georgia 10College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, rescheduled from jan 1
- Jan 9Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
- Jan 10Ohio State 28, Texas 14College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- Jan 20Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 23College Football Playoff National Championship