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The Upset Report
2016 · Bowl season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · Neutral site

No. 3 Clemson edges No. 2 Ohio State, 31–0

Clemson closed as a 3-point underdog and won outright. No. 3 beat No. 2 in the AP poll.

Final31–0
Upset size3.5
Rank in 2016162nd of 198
3-point underdogNo. 3 beat No. 2

It was the 10th-biggest of 15 upsets in 2016 Bowl season, and the 162nd-biggest of the 2016 season. Clemson pulled off 2 other upsets in 2016.

Other upsets in 2016 Bowl season

  1. 12.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 23Recap
    Upset size14
  2. 61, 50
    13-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13
  3. 10-point underdogRecap
    Upset size10
  4. 6.5-point underdogNo. 10 beat No. 6Recap
    Upset size8.5
  5. 6-point underdogNo. 3 beat No. 1Recap
    Upset size7

Clemson’s other 2016 upsets

  1. Week 5No. 5 beat No. 3Recap
    Upset size1
  2. Bowl6-point underdogNo. 3 beat No. 1Recap
    Upset size7

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