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The Upset Report
2021 · Week 2 · Saturday, September 11, 2021

BYU upsets No. 21 Utah, 26–17

BYU closed as a 7-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked BYU taking down the No. 21 team in the AP poll.

Final26–17
Upset size9.5
Rank in 202171st of 199
7-point underdogUnranked beat No. 21

It was the 6th-biggest of 8 upsets in 2021 Week 2, and the 71st-biggest of the 2021 season. BYU pulled off 1 other upset in 2021.

Other upsets in 2021 Week 2

  1. 28, 26
    28.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size28.5
  2. 27.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size27.5
  3. 17.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 14Recap
    Upset size23.5
  4. 15-point underdogNo. 12 beat No. 3Recap
    Upset size19.5
  5. 6-point underdogUnranked beat No. 15Recap
    Upset size11.5

BYU’s other 2021 upsets

  1. Week 33-point underdogNo. 23 beat No. 19Recap
    Upset size5

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