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The Upset Report
2018 · Week 8 · Saturday, October 20, 2018

SMU upsets Tulane, 27–23

SMU closed as a 7.5-point underdog and won outright.

Final27–23
Upset size7.5
Rank in 201879th of 181
7.5-point underdog

It was the 2nd-biggest of 7 upsets in 2018 Week 8, and the 79th-biggest of the 2018 season. SMU pulled off 2 other upsets in 2018.

Other upsets in 2018 Week 8

  1. 12.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 2Recap
    Upset size24.5
  2. 28, 14
    6.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size6.5
  3. Upset size6.5
  4. 4-point underdogRecap
    Upset size4
  5. Unranked beat No. 20Recap
    Upset size3

SMU’s other 2018 upsets

  1. Week 1014-point underdogUnranked beat No. 17Recap
    Upset size18.5
  2. 31, 30
    Week 46.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size6.5

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