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The Upset Report
2015 · Week 3 · Saturday, September 19, 2015

Stanford stuns No. 6 USC, 41–31

Stanford closed as a 8-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Stanford taking down the No. 6 team in the AP poll.

Final41–31
Upset size18
Rank in 201511th of 161
8-point underdogUnranked beat No. 6

It was the 2nd-biggest of 5 upsets in 2015 Week 3, and the 11th-biggest of the 2015 season. Stanford pulled off 1 other upset in 2015.

Other upsets in 2015 Week 3

  1. 16, 15
    26-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size26
  2. 15.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size15.5
  3. 8.5-point underdogNo. 15 beat No. 2Recap
    Upset size15
  4. 10.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size10.5

Stanford’s other 2015 upsets

  1. Week 13No. 13 beat No. 4Recap
    Upset size6.5

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