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The Upset Report
2018 · Bowl season · Tuesday, January 1, 2019 · Neutral site

Iowa stuns No. 18 Mississippi State, 27–22

Iowa closed as a 7-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Iowa taking down the No. 18 team in the AP poll.

Final27–22
Upset size11
Rank in 201850th of 181
7-point underdogUnranked beat No. 18

It was the 2nd-biggest of 14 upsets in 2018 Bowl season, and the 50th-biggest of the 2018 season. It was Iowa's only upset win of 2018.

Other upsets in 2018 Bowl season

  1. 13-point underdogNo. 14 beat No. 6Recap
    Upset size17
  2. 7-point underdogUnranked beat No. 20Recap
    Upset size10
  3. 8.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 24Recap
    Upset size9.5
  4. 6.5-point underdogNo. 16 beat No. 13Recap
    Upset size8
  5. 7-point underdogRecap
    Upset size7

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