Updated: Jul 24, 2006, 12:03 PM

Vote: Greatest College Football Upsets


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ESPN Classic has come up with its top 20 college football upsets of all-time. But which is the greatest of all-time? We'll count them down on Monday, August 28 at 10 p.m. ET. But first, we want your input, SportsNation!

There are so many shockers to choose from over the years, including some that you may not know a lot about, like little Centre College over Harvard or Notre Dame putting on an uncommon aerial show in shocking Army in 1913; Among others are Tom Osborne going for the win and coming up short in 1984 against Miami, Fla.; Lowly Temple with an improbable comeback to win at Virginia Tech; and Notre Dame ending Oklahoma's NCAA-record 47-game winning streak.

It's a tough list to choose from, but there's only one #1! Vote for your top five college football upsets of all-time, then watch "Who's #1?: Greatest College Football Upsets" on ESPN Classic on August 28 at 10 p.m. ET!

Which FIVE college football upsets below are the best of all-time? (Vote for FIVE)

  • Notre Dame 35, Army 13 (Nov. 1, 1913) -- In a game that changed football, the Irish traveled east of Pittsburgh for the first time, with 18 players and 14 pairs of cleats. The pass-and-catch combination of Gus Dorais and Knute Rockne was key as Notre Dame put the forward pass on the map.

  • Centre College 6, Harvard 0 (Oct. 29, 1921) -- Centre, representing a student body of 254, ended Harvard's 25-game unbeaten streak in front of 43,000 fans in Cambridge, Mass.

  • Carnegie Tech 19, Notre Dame 0 (Nov. 27, 1926) -- Overconfident Irish coach Knute Rockne skips the trip to Pittsburgh so he can attend the Army-Navy game in Chicago. Notre Dame assistant coach Hunk Anderson follows Rockne's gameplan, but the Tartans dominate from start to finish.

  • Holy Cross 55, Boston College 12 (Nov. 28, 1942) -- After allowing just 19 points in its first eight games, Boston College gives up nearly three times as many in its finale, costing itself the national title by losing to the 4-4-1 Crusaders.

  • Columbia 21, Army 20 (Oct. 25, 1947) -- Army, the two-time defending national champs, sees its 32-game unbeaten streak end. Columbia rallies from down 20-7 in the fourth quarter, including a one-handed TD grab by Bill Swiacki for the final score.

  • Navy 14, Army 2 (Dec. 2, 1950) -- One game away from their third straight undefeated season, the Cadets, favored by 21 points, commit five turnovers including three inside the Navy 20-yard line.

  • Notre Dame 7, Oklahoma 0 (Nov. 16, 1957) -- Notre Dame snaps the Sooners' NCAA-record 47-game winning streak on a Dick Lynch 3-yard TD run with 3:50 left.

  • Georgia Tech 7, Alabama 6 (Nov. 17, 1962) -- Tech puts an end to the Tide's 26-game unbeaten streak. After Alabama's two-point conversion failed, they recover an onside kick. But Joe Namath is intercepted in the end zone to seal the Jackets' victory.

  • USC 20, Notre Dame 17 (Nov. 28, 1964) -- Notre Dame's national title hopes come to an end in its finale when the Irish surrenders a 17-0 halftime lead. The Trojans win it on a Craig Fertig TD pass to Rod Sherman with 1:33 left.

  • UCLA 14, Michigan State 12 (Jan. 1, 1966) -- The Bruins avenge a season-opening loss to the 10-0 Spartans by jumping out to a 14-0 hafltime lead and holding on when MSU misses a pair of two-point conversions in the fourth quarter.

  • Michigan 24, Ohio State 12 (Nov. 22, 1969) -- The Wolverines snap Ohio State's 22-game win streak by intercepting Rex Kern six times. Michigan lost to Ohio State, 50-14, the previous year.

  • Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 (Jan. 1, 1971) -- Jim Plunkett rallies the Cardinal with two TD passes, handing the Buckeyes their first defeat of the season and costing OSU a national title.

  • Miami, Fla. 31, Nebraska 30 (Jan. 2, 1984) -- This Orange Bowl classic comes down to a two-point conversion and Tom Osborne decides to go for the win and his first national championship by going for two. The Hurricanes stop it and, in improbable fashion, jump all the way from No. 5 to win the title.

  • Oregon State 21, Washington 20 (Oct. 19, 1985) -- The 37-point underdog Beavers shock the Huskies when they block a punt and recover it for a touchdown to tie the game. The PAT provides the margin of victory for Oregon State, which had won just two games per year over the previous 14 years.

  • California 17, Stanford 11 (Nov. 22, 1986) -- Head coach Joe Kapp finishes his final season at Cal at 2-9 by defeating a Stanford team headed to a bowl for the first time in eight years.

  • Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39 (Nov. 20, 1993) -- Boston College's David Gordon connects on a 41-yard field goal in the final seconds to dash Notre Dame's national championship hopes.

  • Texas 37, Nebraska 27 (Dec. 7, 1996) -- The Longhorns surprise Nebraska in the first-ever Big 12 championship game when James Brown hits Derek Lewis for 61 yards on a 4th-and-inches play, setting up the insurance touchdown.

  • Temple 28, Virginia Tech 24 (Oct. 17, 1998) -- 5-0 Virginia Tech jumps out to a 17-0 lead on 0-5 Temple in a game the Hokies are favored by 35 1/2 points. The Owls roar back to win on the road against a defense that had allowed just 30 points total in its previous five games.

  • Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7 (Dec. 6, 2003) -- The Wildcats upset the 12-0 Sooners when they score the 35 unanswered points, led by 235 yards rushing from Darren Sproles and 4 TD passes from Ell Roberson.

  • Ohio State 31, Miami, Fla. 24 in 2 OT (Jan. 3, 2003) -- Ohio State wins its first outright national title since 1968 by ending Miami's 34-game unbeaten streak, albeit in the wake of a controversial call.

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