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The Upset Report
2016 · Week 1 · Saturday, September 3, 2016

Southern Miss upsets Kentucky, 44–35

Southern Miss closed as a 7.5-point underdog and won outright.

Final44–35
Upset size7.5
Rank in 2016109th of 198
7.5-point underdog

It was the 12th-biggest of 14 upsets in 2016 Week 1, and the 109th-biggest of the 2016 season. Southern Miss pulled off 1 other upset in 2016.

Other upsets in 2016 Week 1

  1. 34-point underdogRecap
    Upset size34
  2. 45, 42
    27.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size27.5
  3. 22, 16
    23-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size23
  4. 28, 13
    21.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size21.5
  5. 9.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 5Recap
    Upset size20

Southern Miss’s other 2016 upsets

  1. Week 1313.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13.5

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