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The Upset Report
2015 · Week 12 · Saturday, November 21, 2015

No. 20 Northwestern stuns No. 21 Wisconsin, 13–7

Northwestern closed as a 10.5-point underdog and won outright.

Final13–7
Upset size10.5
Rank in 201552nd of 161
10.5-point underdog

It was the 6th-biggest of 13 upsets in 2015 Week 12, and the 52nd-biggest of the 2015 season. Northwestern pulled off 2 other upsets in 2015.

Other upsets in 2015 Week 12

  1. 23, 22
    20.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size20.5
  2. 10-point underdogUnranked beat No. 13Recap
    Upset size16.5
  3. 13-point underdogNo. 9 beat No. 2Recap
    Upset size16.5
  4. 15.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size15.5
  5. 14.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size14.5

Northwestern’s other 2015 upsets

  1. Week 86.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size6.5
  2. Week 110-point underdogUnranked beat No. 21Recap
    Upset size12.5

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