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The Upset Report
2021 · Week 9 · Saturday, October 30, 2021

No. 8 Michigan State upsets No. 6 Michigan, 37–33

Michigan State closed as a 4-point underdog and won outright. No. 8 beat No. 6 in the AP poll.

Final37–33
Upset size5
Rank in 2021124th of 199
4-point underdogNo. 8 beat No. 6

It was the 9th-biggest of 14 upsets in 2021 Week 9, and the 124th-biggest of the 2021 season. Michigan State pulled off 3 other upsets in 2021.

Other upsets in 2021 Week 9

  1. 16.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size16.5
  2. 9.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 17Recap
    Upset size14
  3. 13.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13.5
  4. 20, 17
    11-point underdogRecap
    Upset size11
  5. 7.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 22Recap
    Upset size9.5

Michigan State’s other 2021 upsets

  1. Week 134.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size4.5
  2. Week 37-point underdogUnranked beat No. 24Recap
    Upset size8
  3. Week 13-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3

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