Move Over Appalachian State These Games Were Just As Amazing

We are coming up on the one-year anniversary of the Appalachian State-Michigan game and people are still talking about it being the greaest upset ever but there are plenty of other games that could compete with it for the top spot. Lets take a look at the top ten upsets of all-time.

1. Notre Dame 7, Oklahoma 0 (Nov. 16, 1957)

The Sooners came into this game with the NCAA-record 47-game winning streak. The game was deadlocked until the Irish's Dick Lynch rand for a 3-yard touchdown with 3:50 left in the game.

2. Temple 28, Virginia Tech 24 (Oct. 17, 1998)

The 5-0 Hokies, who were favored by 35 1/2 points, jumped out to a 17-0 lead over the 0-6 Owls. The Owls who just recently lost to a D-1AA William & Mary bounce back scoring 28 points on a defense that only allowed 30 points to their last five opponents

3. Columbia 21, Army 20 (Oct. 25, 1947)

Two-time defending national champion Army comes into the game with a 32-game unbeaten streak. Columbia goes into the fourth quarter down 20-7 but is able to rally back and end Army's streak.

4. Navy 14, Army 2 (Dec. 2, 1950)

Army, one game away from its third straight undefeated season,  is favored by 21 points. After five turnovers, 3 coming inside the Navy-20, the Cadets see their undefeated season go down the drain.

5. Michigan 24, Ohio State 12 (Nov. 22, 1969)

The previous year Michigan lost to Ohio State 50-14. This was the first year Bo Schembechler was at the helm of the Michigan football program and and his old mentor Woody Hayes and his Buckeyes came into this game with a 22-game win streak. After the Wolverines picked-off OSU quarterback Rex Kern six times the Buckeyes streak and national Championship hopes were diminished.

6. Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32 (Aug. 31, 2007)

Although this was the first time a ranked team got beaten by D-1AA team this game will only be remembered for a couple years. Appalachian State came into the game as the two-time D-1AA national champion, though they were still a 31-point underdog.The Wolverines were not prepared for the spread offensive scheme that App. St. brought in.

7. North Carolina St. 24, Florida State 7 ( Sep. 6, 1998)

College Football Fans will recall that the Seminoles were a major college football power in the 90's. Between 1987 and 2000 the Seminoles finished in the top 5 in the AP poll every year. N.C. State was 12-25 their previous three seasons and were demoralized by the Seminoles the last couple times they had played them. But N.C. State picked off Florida St. quarterback Chris Weinke six times in this game.

8. Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7 (Dec. 6, 2003)

The Wildcats upset the Sooners who came into this game 12-0. The Wildcats after going down 7-0 scored 35 unanswered points, led by 235 rushing yards for Darren Sproles and Ell Roberson's four touchdown passes.

9. Centre College 6, Harvard 0 (Oct. 29, 1921)

Centre who only had a student body of 243, ended Harvard's 25-game unbeaten streak in front of a 43,000 crowd in Cambridge.

10. Carnegie Tech 19, Notre Dame 0 ( Nov. 27, 1926)

Knute Rockne skipped the trip to Pittsburgh so he could watch the Army-Navy game in Chicago. His overconfidence backfires as assistant coach Hunk Anderson follows Rockne's game-plan but was over-powered as the Tartans dominate the Irish from beginning to end.

Although these games are in no particular order of which is a greater upset than the other, these should give Wolverines fans a little redemption to know that they aren't the only team to be humiliated.