The Top 5 College Football National Championship Game Upsets
TCU is playing Georgia for college football's national championship on Monday night. Georgia was favored by nearly two touchdowns, but the line has come down to 12.5 points. TCU is a double-digit underdog. Here are five other teams that beat the odds in college Football's title game.
Texas upset USC in the 2005 Rose Bowl. The Longhorns came in with a 19-game winning streak. Vince Young led the Longhorn down the field with 26 seconds left and scored a touchdown. The game was won by the Texas team. It is considered one of the greatest college football games ever played.
LSU beat Oklahoma 21-7 in 2003. The Tigers were a touchdown underdog. LSU's defense held Jason White to 102 yards passing and sacked him seven times. Marcus Spears picked off White's pass. The game won the national championship for LSU. It was the first of five college football national championships to be won by a team that was ranked outside the top three.
Florida beat Ohio State 34-7 in the 2007 BCSN Championship Game. The margin of cover is the biggest since the start of the BSC era. The biggest margin was matched by Clemson in 2018. Florida got into the game after jumping Michigan in final poll. Ohio had won every game by at least 21 points. Ted Ginn suffered an ankle injury during the celebration.
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Oklahoma came into the 2001 Orange Bowl as 10-point underdogs. Florida State was the defending national champions. Chris Weinke won the Heisman Trophy that season. The Seminoles managed just one touchdown and a pair of field goals. Oklahoma played a defensive game and won. Florida's only points came on a safety with under a minute left.
Ohio State beat Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. Miami's defense was loaded with stars like Sean Taylor, Jonathan Vilma, and Vince Wilfork. The team was 11-point underdogs. They committed three first-half turnovers. Willis McGahee was injured in fourth quarter. A controversial flag on the final play sealed the win. TCU takes on Ohio State on Monday night. The Top 5 College Football National Championship Game Upsets are:
