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The Upset Report
2020 · Week 8 · Saturday, October 24, 2020

Wake Forest stuns No. 19 Virginia Tech, 23–16

Wake Forest closed as a 10.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Wake Forest taking down the No. 19 team in the AP poll.

Final23–16
Upset size14
Rank in 202026th of 123
10.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 19

It was the 2nd-biggest of 10 upsets in 2020 Week 8, and the 26th-biggest of the 2020 season. It was Wake Forest's only upset win of 2020.

Other upsets in 2020 Week 8

  1. 6.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 8Recap
    Upset size15.5
  2. 10.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size10.5
  3. 9.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size9.5
  4. 7.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size7.5
  5. 3.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3.5

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