History of when # 1 loses or is tied

Listed here are the games in which the No. 1-ranked team in The Associated Press poll was defeated or tied.

Before 1965 the polls were final before bowl games.

Note: Only 10 teams were ranked in the weekly polls during 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 and 1967; 20 teams all other seasons until 1989 when 25 teams were ranked.

An asterisk at  indicates the home team an N a neutral site.          

Date  Winning Team  Rank  Prior to win Record going into game Losing # 1 team Rank fell to after loss
10-31-36  at Northwestern 6 3  4-0-0 Minnesota 0 2
11-21-36 at Notre Dame 26 11 5-2-0 Northwestern 6 7
10-30-37 Tie Washington NR 3-2-1 at California 0 2
10-29-38 Carnegie Mellon 20 T19 4-1-0 at Pittsburgh 10 3
12-2-38 at Southern California 13 8 7-2-0 Notre Dame 0 5
10-14-39   Duquesne 21 NR 3-0-0 at Pittsburgh 13 18
11-8-41 Tie Baylor 7 NR 3-4-0 at Texas 7 2
10-31-42 at Wisconsin 17 6 5-0-1 Ohio St. 7 6
11-21-42 Columbus GA Auburn 27 NR 4-4-1 Georgia 13 5
11-28-42  Holy Cross 55 NR 4-4-1 at Boston College 12 8
11-27-43 at Great Lakes Naval TS  19 NR 9-2-0  Notre Dame 14 1

11-9-46 Tie Yankee Stadium  

 Notre Dame 0 2 5-0-0 Army 0 1
10-8-49 Army 21 7 2-0-0 at Michigan 7 7
10-7-50  Purdue 28 NR 0-1-0 at Notre Dame 14 10
11-4-50 at Texas 23 7 4-1-0 SMU 20 7
11-18-50  at Illinois 14 10 6-1-0 Ohio St. 7 8
1-1-51 Sugar Bowl  Kentucky 13 7 10-1-0 Oklahoma 7 1
10-20-51  Southern California 21 11 4-1-0 at California 14 9
1-1-52 Sugar Bowl  Maryland 28 3 9-0-0 Tennessee 13 1
10-11-52  at Ohio St. 23 NR 1-1-0 Wisconsin 14 12
11-21-53 Tie  Iowa14 20  5-3-0 at Notre Dame 14 2
1-1-54 Orange Bowl Oklahoma 7 4 8-1-1  Maryland 0 1
10-2-54  Purdue  27 19 1-0-0 at Notre Dame 14 8
9-24-55 at Maryland7 5 1-0-0 UCLA 0 7
10-27-56  at Illinois  20 NR 1-3-0 Michigan St. 13 4
10-19-57 Purdue 20 NR 0-3-0 at Michigan St. 13 8
11-16-57 at Rice  7 20  4-3-0 Texas A&M 6 4
10-25-58 Tie at Pittsburgh  14 NR 4-1-0 Army 14 3
11-7-59 at Tennessee  14 13 4-1-1 LSU 13 3
11-5-60 at Minnesota 27 3 6-0-0  Iowa 10 5
11-12-60 Purdue 23 NR 2-4-1 at Minnesota 14 4
11-19-60 Kansas23 NR 6-2-1 at Missouri 7 5
1-1-61 Rose Bowl Washington 17 6 9-1-0 Minnesota 7 1
11-4-61 at Minnesota 13 NR 4-1-0 Michigan St. 0 6
11-18-61  TCU  6 NR 2-4-1 at Texas 0 5
10-6-62 at UCLA 9 NR 0-0-0 Ohio St. 7 10
10-27-62 Tie at Rice  14 NR 0-3-1  Texas 14 5
11-10-62 at Wisconsin 37 8 5-1-0 Northwestern 6 9
11-17-62  at Georgia Tech  7 NR 5-2-1  Alabama 6 6
9-28-63 Oklahoma  17 3 1-0-0 at Southern California 12 8
10-12-63 Cotton Bowl Texas  28 2 3-0-0  Oklahoma 7 6
10-17-64 Arkansas  14 8 4-0-0 at Texas 13 6
11-28-64 at Southern California 20 NR 6-3-0 Notre Dame 17 3
1-1-65 Orange Bowl Texas 21 5 9-1-0 Alabama 17 1
9-25-65  at Purdue  25 6 1-0-0 Notre Dame 21 8
10-16-65 at Arkansas27 3 4-0-0  Texas 24 5
1-1-66 Rose Bowl UCLA 14 5 7-2-1 Michigan St. 12 2
11-19-66 Tie at Michigan St. 10 2 9-0-0 Notre Dame 10 1
9-30-67 at Purdue 28 10 1-0-0 Notre Dame 21 6
11-11-67 at Oregon St.  3 NR 5-2-1 Southern California 0 4
11-18-67 at Southern California21 4  8-1-0 UCLA 20 4
10-12-68 at Ohio St.  13 4 2-0-0 Purdue 0 5
11-22-69 at Michigan24 12 7-2-0 Ohio St. 12 4
1-1-71 Cotton Bowl Notre Dame  24 6 8-1-1 Texas 11 3
9-29-73 Tie Oklahoma7 8 1-0-0 at Southern California 7 4
11-24-73 Tie at Michigan  10 4 10-0-0 Ohio St. 10 3
12-31-73 Sugar Bowl Notre Dame 24 3 10-0-0 Alabama 23 4
11-9-74 at Michigan St.  16 NR 4-3-1 Ohio St. 13 4
1-1-76 Rose Bowl UCLA  23 11 8-2-1 Ohio St. 10 4
11-6-76  at Purdue 16 NR 3-5-0 Michigan 14 4
10-8-77  Alabama 21 T7 3-1-0 at Southern California 20 6
10-22-77 at Minnesota 16 NR 4-2-0 Michigan 0 6

1-2-78 Cotton Bowl

Notre Dame  38 5 10-1-0 Texas 10 4
9-23-78 - Birmingham AL Southern California24 7 2-0-0 Alabama 14 3
11-11-78 at Nebraska 17 4 8-1-0 Oklahoma 14 4
1-1-79 Sugar Bowl Alabama  14 2 10-1-0 Penn St. 7 4
10-13-79 Tie Stanford 21 NR 3-2-0  at Southern California 21 4
1-1-80 Rose Bowl Southern California 17 3 10-0-1 Ohio St. 16 4
11-1-80 Jackson MS Mississippi St.  6 NR 6-2-0 Alabama 3 6
11-8-80 Tie at Georgia Tech 3 NR 7-0 Notre Dame 3 6
9-12-81 at Wisconsin  21 NR 0-0-0 Michigan 14 11
9-19-81 at Michigan 25 11  0-1-0 Notre Dame 7 13
10-10-81 Arizona 13 NR 2-2-0 at Southern California 10 7
10-17-81 at Arkansas 42 NR 4-1-0 Texas 11 10
10-31-81 at Miami Fla.  17 NR 4-2-0 Penn St. 14 5
11-28-81  Penn St.  48 11 8-2-0 at Pittsburgh 14 10
11-6-82  Notre Dame 31 NR 5-1-1 at Pittsburgh 16 8
1-1-83 Sugar Bowl Penn St. 27 2 10-1-0 Georgia 23 4
1-2-84 Orange Bowl Miami Fla. 31 5 10-1-0 Nebraska 30 4
9-8-84  at Michigan 22 14  0-0-0  Miami Fla. 14 5
9-29-84 at Syracuse 17 NR 2-1-0 Nebraska 9 8
10-13-84 Tie Cotton Bowl Oklahoma 15 3 4-0-0 Texas 15 3
11-10-84 at Southern California 16 12 7-1-0 Washington 7 5
11-17-84 Oklahoma 17 6 7-1-1 at Nebraska 7 7
9-28-85 at Tennessee 38 NR  0-0-1 Auburn 20 14
11-2-85  at Ohio St. 22 7  6-1-0  Iowa 13 6
11-9-85 -Jacksonville FL Georgia  24 17  6-1-1  Florida 3 11
1-1-86 Orange Bowl Oklahoma 25 4  9-1-0  Penn St. 10 3
9-27-86  at Miami Fla. 28 2 3-0-0 Oklahoma 16 6
1-2-87 Fiesta Bowl Penn St. 14 2 11-0-0 Miami Fla. 10 2
11-21-87 Oklahoma 17 2 11-0-0 at Nebraska 7 5
1-1-88 Orange Bowl Miami Fla. 20 2 11-1-0 Oklahoma 14 3
10-15-88 at Notre Dame 31 4 5-0-0 Miami Fla. 30 4
10-29-88 Washington St.  34 NR 4-3-0 at UCLA 30 6
11-25-89  at Miami Fla.  27 7 9-1-0 Notre Dame 10 5
1-1-90 Orange Bowl Notre Dame 21 4 11-1-0 Colorado 6 4
9-8-90 at Brigham Young  28 16 1-0-0 Miami Fla. 21 10
10-6-90 Stanford 36 NR  1-3-0 at Notre Dame 31 8
10-13-90 Michigan St. 28 NR 1-2-1 at Michigan 27 10
11-3-90 Georgia Tech  41 16 6-0-1 at Virginia 38 11
11-17-90 Penn St. 24 18 7-2-0 at Notre Dame 21 7
11-16-91  Miami Fla. 17 2 8-0-0 at Florida St. 16 3
11-7-92 at Arizona16 12 5-2-1 Washington 3 6
1-1-93 Sugar Bowl Alabama  34 2 12-0 Miami Fla. 13 3
11-13-93 at Notre Dame 31 2 9-0-0 Florida St. 24 2
11-20-93 Boston College 41 17 7-2-0 at Notre Dame 39 4
10-15-94 Auburn 36 6 6-0-0 at Florida 33 5
9-21-96 at Arizona St. 19 17 2-0-0 Nebraska 0 8
11-30-96 at Florida St.  24 2 10-0-0 Florida 21 4
1-2-97 Sugar Bowl Florida  52 3 11-1-0 Florida St. 20 3
10-11-97 at LSU  28 14 4-1-0 Florida 21 7

11-7-98 

Michigan St.28 NR 4-4 at Ohio St. 24 7
10-7-00  at Miami Fla. 27 7 3-1 Florida St. 24 7
10-28-00 at Oklahoma  31 3 6-0  Nebraska 14 5
10-13-01  at Auburn  23 NR  4-1 Florida 20 7
11-9-02 at Texas A&M  30 NR  5-4 Oklahoma 26 4
1-3-03 Fiesta Bowl Ohio St.  31 2 13-0 Miami Fla. 24 2ot 2
12-6-03 N Kansas St. 35 13 10-3 Oklahoma 7 3
1-5-06 Rose Bowl Texas 41 2 12-0 Southern California 38  2
1-8-07  BCS Championship Game Florida 41 2 12-1  Ohio State 14   5
10-13-07 at  Kentucky 43 17 5-1 LSU 37 3 ot 5
11-10-07 Ilinois  28 NR 7-3 at Ohio St. 21 7
11-23-07 Arkansas 50 NR 7-4 at LSU 48 ot 5
12-1-07 N Oklahoma 38 10 9-2 Missouri 17 7
1-7-08 BCS Championship  LSU 38 2 11-2 Ohio St. 24  2
9-25-08 at Oregon St. 27 NR 2-0 Southern California 21 9
10-11-08 N Texas 45 5 5-0 Oklahoma 35 4
11-1-08 at  Texas Tech 39 6 8-0 Texas 33 5
12-6-08  N Florida 31 2 11-1 Alabama 20 4
12-5-09  N Alabama 32 2 12-0 Florida 13 5
10-9-10 South Carolina 35 19 5-0 Alabama 21 8
10-16-10 N Wisconsin    31 18 6-0 Ohio St. 18 11
1-9-12 BCS Championship Alabama  21 2 11-1  LSU 0  2
11-10-12 Texas A&M  29 15 7-2  at Alabama 24 4
11-17-12 at Stanford  17  14 8-2 Oregon 14 5
1-7-13 BCS Championship Alabama  42 2 12-1 Notre Dame 14  4
11-30-13  at Auburn 34 4  10-1 Alabama 24 4
 11-15-14 at Alabama  25 4 8-1 Mississippi St. 20 4
1-1-15 Sugar Bowl Ohio St. 42  5  12-1 Alabama 35 4
1-11-16 CFP National Champ Alabama  45 2 13-1 Clemson 40 2
 10-16-10 at Wisconsin  31 18 5-1 Ohio St. 18 11
1-9-17 CFP National Champ Clemson  35 3 13-1  Alabama 31  2
11-25-17 at Auburn 26 6  9-2 Alabama 14 5
 1-1-18 Sugar Bowl Alabama 24  4 11-1 Clemson 6 4
1-7-18 CFP National Champ Clemson44  2  14-0 Alabama 16 2
 11-7-20 at Notre Dame  47 4 6-0  Clemson 40 2 ot  4
10-9-21 at Texas A&M41  NR  3-2 Alabama 38  5
12-4-21 N Alabama  41 4 11-1 Georgia 24 3
1-10-22 CFP National Champ Georgia 33  3 13-1  Alabama 18  2