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#1 Ranked Teams Which Lost to Unranked Teams

Date       Rk Team                      Score    Rk Team                    Score    Location

10/21/1939 NR Duquesne                     21 at #1 Pittsburgh                 13                        
11/21/1942 #1 Georgia                      13    NR Auburn                     27    Columbus GA         
11/28/1942 #1 Boston College               12    NR Holy Cross                 55    Boston MA           
11/27/1943 #1 Notre Dame                   14 at NR Great Lakes Navy           19    Chicago IL          
10/07/1950 NR Purdue                       28 at #1 Notre Dame                 14                        
10/11/1952 #1 Wisconsin                    14 at NR Ohio State                 23                        
10/27/1956 #1 Michigan State               13 at NR Illinois                   20                        
10/19/1957 NR Purdue                       20 at #1 Michigan State             13                        
11/12/1960 NR Purdue                       23 at #1 Minnesota                  14                        
11/19/1960 NR Kansas                       23 at #1 Missouri                    7                        
11/04/1961 #1 Michigan State                0 at NR Minnesota                  13                        
11/18/1961 NR Texas Christian               6 at #1 Texas                       0                        
10/06/1962 #1 Ohio State                    7 at NR UCLA                        9                        
11/17/1962 #1 Alabama                       6 at NR Georgia Tech                7                        
09/26/1964 NR Kentucky                     27 at #1 Mississippi                21    Jackson MS          
11/28/1964 #1 Notre Dame                   17 at NR Southern California        20                        
11/11/1967 #1 Southern California           0 at NR Oregon State                3                        
09/09/1972 #1 Nebraska                     17 at NR UCLA                       20                        
11/09/1974 #1 Ohio State                   13 at NR Michigan State             16                        
11/06/1976 #1 Michigan                     14 at NR Purdue                     16                        
10/22/1977 #1 Michigan                      0 at NR Minnesota                  16                        
11/01/1980 #1 Alabama                       3 at NR Mississippi State           6    Jackson MS          
09/12/1981 #1 Michigan                     14 at NR Wisconsin                  21                        
10/10/1981 NR Arizona                      13 at #1 Southern California        10                        
10/17/1981 #1 Texas                        11 at NR Arkansas                   42                        
10/31/1981 #1 Penn State                   14 at NR Miami (Florida)            17                        
11/06/1982 NR Notre Dame                   31 at #1 Pittsburgh                 16                        
09/29/1984 #1 Nebraska                      9 at NR Syracuse                   17                        
09/28/1985 #1 Auburn                       20 at NR Tennessee                  38                        
10/29/1988 NR Washington State             34 at #1 UCLA                       30                        
10/06/1990 NR Stanford                     36 at #1 Notre Dame                 31                        
10/13/1990 NR Michigan State               28 at #1 Michigan                   27                        
11/07/1998 NR Michigan State               28 at #1 Ohio State                 24                        
10/13/2001 #1 Florida                      20 at NR Auburn                     23                        
11/09/2002 #1 Oklahoma                     26 at NR Texas A&M                  30                        
11/10/2007 NR Illinois                     28 at #1 Ohio State                 21                        
11/23/2007 NR Arkansas                     50 at #1 Louisiana State            48 OT                     

The weekly AP polls used were taken from a website called Two Cousins College Football. However, the website does not exist anymore. AP Polls from 2003 and on were taken from CollegeSports.com.