2026 · Week 8 · 17 upsets
Cincinnati stuns No. 8 Texas Tech, 37–24
Cincinnati closed as a 10.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Cincinnati taking down the No. 8 team in the AP poll.
Week 8 of the 2026 season produced 17 upsets. Unranked teams beat AP Top 25 opponents 5 times and underdogs of 3 or more points won outright 14 times. Three top-10 teams went down: No. 2 BYU (to UCF), No. 7 Ole Miss (to No. 19 Texas) and No. 8 Texas Tech (to Cincinnati). That was the 2nd-most of any week in 2026 so far, which had 108 upsets in all.
All 2026 Week 8 upsets, biggest first
Upset size is the points the winner overcame on the closing line plus a bonus for beating a ranked team. How it’s scored
Cincinnati 37, 
No. 8 Texas Tech 24Upset size19.5- Upset size19.5
- Upset size13.5
Minnesota 13, 
No. 15 Iowa 10Upset size13
App State 34, 
James Madison 31Upset size12.5
Southern Miss 35, 
Louisiana 31Upset size11.5- Upset size10.5
- Upset size10.5
West Virginia 24, 
TCU 20Upset size10
South Carolina 27, 
No. 11 Tennessee 24Upset size7.5
Syracuse 31, 
North Carolina 30Upset size7.5- Upset size7.5
- Upset size7
Boston College 49, 
Georgia Tech 27Upset size6.5
Wisconsin 24, 
No. 16 USC 7Upset size6.5
No. 19 Texas 34, 
No. 7 Ole Miss 27Upset size6
Virginia Tech 20, 
Clemson 16Upset size3
