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The Upset Report
2018 · Week 1 · Saturday, September 1, 2018

No. 12 Notre Dame edges No. 14 Michigan, 24–17

Notre Dame closed as a 3-point underdog and won outright.

Final24–17
Upset size3
Rank in 2018171st of 181
3-point underdog

It was the 13th-biggest of 14 upsets in 2018 Week 1, and the 171st-biggest of the 2018 season. Notre Dame pulled off 1 other upset in 2018.

Other upsets in 2018 Week 1

  1. 17-point underdogRecap
    Upset size17
  2. 19, 17
    15-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size15
  3. 13-point underdogUnranked beat No. 23Recap
    Upset size14.5
  4. 14-point underdogRecap
    Upset size14
  5. 59, 41
    13.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13.5

Notre Dame’s other 2018 upsets

  1. Week 5No. 8 beat No. 7Recap
    Upset size0.5

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