2021 · Week 1 · Friday, September 3, 2021

Virginia Tech stuns No. 10 North Carolina, 17–10

Virginia Tech closed as a 5.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Virginia Tech taking down the No. 10 team in the AP poll.

Final17–10

Upset size13.5

Rank in 202142nd of 199

5.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 10

It was the 6th-biggest of 16 upsets in 2021 Week 1, and the 42nd-biggest of the 2021 season. Virginia Tech pulled off 2 other upsets in 2021.

Other upsets in 2021 Week 1

Montana 13, No. 20 Washington 7
22.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 20FCS beat FBSRecap
Upset size25.5
UC Davis 19, Tulsa 17
22-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
Upset size22
East Tennessee State 23, Vanderbilt 3
21-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
Upset size21
Northern Illinois 22, Georgia Tech 21
19-point underdogRecap
Upset size19
Utah State 26, Washington State 23
17-point underdogRecap
Upset size17