Top College Football Teams Lose in Historic Upset Day
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Something big happened in college football. Many top teams lost their games on the same day.
Georgia was the No. 1 team in the country. Notre Dame was the No. 2 team. Both teams lost.
In total, five of the top seven teams in the Top 25 lost. The Top 25 is a list of the best college football teams.
This has not happened since 1989. That is more than 35 years ago.
People call these surprise losses upsets. An upset is when a weaker team beats a stronger team.
This happened during Week 7 of the 2026-27 college football season.
Fans and experts are now talking about the Playoff Picture. This shows which teams might play in the big end-of-season games.
Many rankings may now change because of these losses. A ranking shows which team is better than another.
Vocabulary15 words
- Top 25
- a list of the 25 best teams
- upset
- when a weaker team wins a game
- Playoff Picture
- who might play in the final big games
- rankings
- a list that shows which team is best
- college football
- football played by university teams
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- No. 1
- the best team
- historic
- very important in history
- week
- a set of games in one part of the season
- lost
- did not win
- beat
- won against another team
- stronger
- more powerful
- weaker
- less powerful
- fans
- people who like a sport or team
- experts
- people who know a lot about something
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1. They both lost 2. Five 3. True
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Something big happened in college _____. Many top teams lost their games on the same day.
Georgia was the No. 1 team in the country. Notre Dame was the No. 2 _____. Both teams lost.
In total, five of the top seven teams in the Top 25 _____.
This has not happened since _____. That is more than 35 years ago.
People call these surprise losses _____. An upset is when a weaker team beats a stronger team.
This happened during Week 7 of the 2026-27 college football _____.
Fans and experts are now talking about the Playoff _____.
Many _____ may now change because of these losses.
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