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The Upset Report
2021 · Week 2 · Saturday, September 11, 2021

Arkansas stuns No. 15 Texas, 40–21

Arkansas closed as a 6-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Arkansas taking down the No. 15 team in the AP poll.

Final40–21
Upset size11.5
Rank in 202155th of 199
6-point underdogUnranked beat No. 15

It was the 5th-biggest of 8 upsets in 2021 Week 2, and the 55th-biggest of the 2021 season. Arkansas pulled off 1 other upset in 2021.

Other upsets in 2021 Week 2

  1. 28, 26
    28.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size28.5
  2. 27.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size27.5
  3. 17.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 14Recap
    Upset size23.5
  4. 15-point underdogNo. 12 beat No. 3Recap
    Upset size19.5
  5. 7-point underdogUnranked beat No. 21Recap
    Upset size9.5

Arkansas’s other 2021 upsets

  1. Week 44.5-point underdogNo. 16 beat No. 7Recap
    Upset size9

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