This Week's Top-25 Upsets

There have been 15 games this week in which a team ranked in the CS360 Composite National Rankings (CNR) lost or played to a tie versus a team not ranked in the CNR or ranked lower in the CNR. The highest-ranked teams in the CNR that have lost this week (to lower-ranked team) are: #7 Texas A&M (2-3 vs. Purdue), #9 Penn State (1-2 vs. West Virginia) and #13 Duke (0-1 vs. UNC-Greensboro and 2-3 vs. Central Florida, both at UNC), with #6 UCLA playing to a 1-1 tie at #25 San Diego.


There were six upsets today alone (based on the CNR, which is indicated in parentheses):

Central Florida 3, (13) Duke 2 (@UNC)
Mercer 1, at (27) Georgia 1  (called in 81st minute due to lightning)
DePaul 1, at (15) Missouri 0
Pepperdine 1, at (31) Tennessee 0
at Denver 1, (17) Illinois 1
at Colorado College 2, (28) Washington State 1


... Along with the following nine upsets earlier in the week:

at Utah 1, (24) Santa Clara 0
Purdue 3, at (7) Texas A&M 2
Dayton 1, at (33) Auburn 1
Arizona State 3, at (31) Tennessee (2OT)
UNC-Greensboro 1, (13) Duke 0 (@UNC)
at (25) San Diego 1, (6) UCLA 1
(14) West Virginia 2, at (9) Penn State 1
(17) Illinois 2, (16) Colorado 1 (@DU)
at (27) Georgia 2, (20) Minnesota


Note: this week's CNR included a total of 35 teams (each of those is ranked in the top-25 of a national poll, either the NSCAA/coaches, Soccer America, Soccer Times/coaches, or TopDrawerSoccer).

editor@collegesoccer360.com