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The Upset Report
2013 · Week 2 · Saturday, September 7, 2013

BYU stuns No. 15 Texas, 40–21

BYU closed as a 6-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked BYU taking down the No. 15 team in the AP poll.

Final40–21
Upset size11.5
Rank in 201340th of 164
6-point underdogUnranked beat No. 15

It was the 3rd-biggest of 10 upsets in 2013 Week 2, and the 40th-biggest of the 2013 season. BYU pulled off 1 other upset in 2013.

Other upsets in 2013 Week 2

  1. 27, 23
    27-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size27
  2. 15-point underdogUnranked beat No. 25Recap
    Upset size15.5
  3. 10.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size10.5
  4. Unranked beat No. 12Recap
    Upset size9
  5. 41, 35
    7.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size7.5

BYU’s other 2013 upsets

  1. Week 66-point underdogRecap
    Upset size6

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