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The Upset Report
2016 · Bowl season · Tuesday, December 27, 2016 · Neutral site

Wake Forest stuns No. 23 Temple, 34–26

Wake Forest closed as a 12.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Wake Forest taking down the No. 23 team in the AP poll.

Final34–26
Upset size14
Rank in 201649th of 198
12.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 23

It was the biggest of 15 upsets in 2016 Bowl season, and the 49th-biggest of the 2016 season. Wake Forest pulled off 2 other upsets in 2016.

Other upsets in 2016 Bowl season

  1. 61, 50
    13-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13
  2. 10-point underdogRecap
    Upset size10
  3. 6.5-point underdogNo. 10 beat No. 6Recap
    Upset size8.5
  4. 6-point underdogNo. 3 beat No. 1Recap
    Upset size7
  5. Unranked beat No. 14Recap
    Upset size6

Wake Forest’s other 2016 upsets

  1. Week 45.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size5.5
  2. Week 28.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size8.5

More: Wake Forest upsets · Temple upsets · all Bowl season upsets · the 2016 season · how upset size works