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The Upset Report
2018 · Week 6 · Saturday, October 6, 2018

Northwestern stuns No. 20 Michigan State, 29–19

Northwestern closed as a 10.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Northwestern taking down the No. 20 team in the AP poll.

Final29–19
Upset size13.5
Rank in 201834th of 181
10.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 20

It was the 2nd-biggest of 15 upsets in 2018 Week 6, and the 34th-biggest of the 2018 season. Northwestern pulled off 4 other upsets in 2018.

Other upsets in 2018 Week 6

  1. 13.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13.5
  2. 7-point underdogNo. 19 beat No. 7Recap
    Upset size13
  3. 3-point underdogUnranked beat No. 8Recap
    Upset size12
  4. 10-point underdogUnranked beat No. 25Recap
    Upset size10.5
  5. 4-point underdogUnranked beat No. 14Recap
    Upset size10

Northwestern’s other 2018 upsets

  1. Week 123-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3
  2. Week 1111-point underdogRecap
    Upset size11
  3. Week 94-point underdogUnranked beat No. 20Recap
    Upset size7
  4. Bowl7-point underdogUnranked beat No. 20Recap
    Upset size10

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