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When has a team ever beat a Top 5 team twice in a season
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:47 pm
2011: LSU and Bama
2021: Georgia and Bama
2025: Georgia and Ole Miss
Makes me think Indiana doing it twice willl be very hard.
I think there’s others but I can’t remember.
Only single one I remember to do it is 2024 Texas and Georgia
This is why despite Indiana being the better team, I think it’s near impossible to beat a top 5 team 2x in one season
2021: Georgia and Bama
2025: Georgia and Ole Miss
Makes me think Indiana doing it twice willl be very hard.
I think there’s others but I can’t remember.
Only single one I remember to do it is 2024 Texas and Georgia
This is why despite Indiana being the better team, I think it’s near impossible to beat a top 5 team 2x in one season
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Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:54 pm to CalicoLSU1980
I think Indiana got better and Oregon did not. That’s why the Hoosiers will sweep.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:56 pm to CalicoLSU1980
In 1999 #21 Alabama beat #3 Florida 39-40 in OT during the regular season.
Then in the SECCG, #7 Alabama beat #5 Florida 34-7.
Then in the SECCG, #7 Alabama beat #5 Florida 34-7.
Posted on 1/4/26 at 11:57 pm to graychef
Indiana is gonna make short work of Oregon.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:00 am to CalicoLSU1980
quote:To be a nitpicker, Ole Miss was ranked #6 (both in the CFP and AP rankings) in the rematch, so not exactly facing a top 5 team twice.
2025: Georgia and Ole Miss
With that in mind, in 2023 Oregon was ranked #8 when they lost to Kalen Deboer's UW in the regular season and then was ranked #5 when they lost to them again in the Pac 12 CG.
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 1:47 am to CalicoLSU1980
Not including SEC titles or Natties? Because if you add those in..most SEC champs in any year have done it. Or am I confusing it and you mean the same program?
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 3:02 am to CalicoLSU1980
Alabama in 1999 (#3 Florida in September; #5 Florida in December).
Georgia in 2024 (#1 Texas in October; #2 Texas in December)
Georgia in 2024 (#1 Texas in October; #2 Texas in December)
Posted on 1/5/26 at 3:17 am to CalicoLSU1980
2005 Texas Defeated 5 top 5 teams in 13 game season.
Defeated #4 Ohio St.
Defeated #2 Oklahoma
Defeated #24 Colorado
Defeated #10 Texas Tech
Defeated #2 Texas A&M
Defeated #2 Colorado
Defeated #1 USC
2008 Texas
Defeated #1 Oklahoma
Defeated #11 Missouri
Defeated #7 Oklahoma St.
Lost to #6 Texas Tech
Defeated #4 Texas A&M
Defeated #10 Ohio St.
It's not that uncommon.
Defeated #4 Ohio St.
Defeated #2 Oklahoma
Defeated #24 Colorado
Defeated #10 Texas Tech
Defeated #2 Texas A&M
Defeated #2 Colorado
Defeated #1 USC
2008 Texas
Defeated #1 Oklahoma
Defeated #11 Missouri
Defeated #7 Oklahoma St.
Lost to #6 Texas Tech
Defeated #4 Texas A&M
Defeated #10 Ohio St.
It's not that uncommon.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 3:52 am to Victor R Franko
quote:
2005 Texas Defeated 5 top 5 teams in 13 game season.
Defeated #4 Ohio St.
Defeated #2 Oklahoma
Defeated #24 Colorado
Defeated #10 Texas Tech
Defeated #2 Texas A&M
Defeated #2 Colorado
Defeated #1 USC
2008 Texas
Defeated #1 Oklahoma
Defeated #11 Missouri
Defeated #7 Oklahoma St.
Lost to #6 Texas Tech
Defeated #4 Texas A&M
Defeated #10 Ohio St.
It's not that uncommon.
Reading comprehension is skrong in this one.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 3:56 am to Victor R Franko
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2005 Texas Defeated 5 top 5 teams in 13 game season.
You're smoking crack. You played and defeated:
#4 Ohio State
#22 Oklahoma (unranked at the time you played)
#24 Colorado (finished unranked)
#10 Texas Tech (finished #20 in the AP; #19 in the Coaches)
#2 USC (#1 at the time you played them)
Posted on 1/5/26 at 4:25 am to CalicoLSU1980
2024 UGA - Texas and Texas
2022 UGA - Tenn, OSU, TCU
2021 UGA - Clemson, Michigan, Alabama
2017 UGA - Auburn, OU
2022 UGA - Tenn, OSU, TCU
2021 UGA - Clemson, Michigan, Alabama
2017 UGA - Auburn, OU
Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:23 am to Victor R Franko
Umm Ags were 5-6 in 2005. Not #2
Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:27 am to Dawgfanman
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2024 UGA - Texas and Texas 2022 UGA - Tenn, OSU, TCU 2021 UGA - Clemson, Michigan, Alabama 2017 UGA - Auburn, OU
I think OP meant same top 5 team 2X in a season. But 2017 that you mention was interesting — in span of 15 days Auburn beat #3 UGA and #4 bama, but lost RB Kerryon Johnson late in the second half of the latter to injury. When Auburn played UGA again a week later, without Johnson to lean on they could not beat UGA the second time (making the OP’s point).
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:43 am to IrishDave
Agree, not having watched many of Oregon games this year I was shocked at how bad they looked against Tech. Indiana is going to smoke them this time around.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 9:13 am to AU6X
Pretty sure both UGA and AL were ranked #1 at the time AU played them- and they ended the season as #2 and #1, respectively
Posted on 1/5/26 at 9:23 am to CalicoLSU1980
You gotta think most "beating a team twice" scenarios involve a conference rivalry which adds to the difficulty. Indiana and Oregon have virtually no competitive history between them.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 9:29 am to CalicoLSU1980
There was a 3-game stretch during OU's National Championship run in 2000 dubbed Red October by Sooners where they beat #11 Texas, #2 Kansas State and #1 Nebraska.
They would beat Kansas State again in the Big XII CCG though they were down to #8 by then and finished beating #3 Florida State.
They would beat Kansas State again in the Big XII CCG though they were down to #8 by then and finished beating #3 Florida State.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 9:37 am to Everclear2000
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Pretty sure both UGA and AL were ranked #1 at the time AU played them- and they ended the season as #2 and #1, respectively
You are right that they were both #1 when AU played them.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:03 am to CalicoLSU1980
How many times in CFB history has a top 5 rematch happened between teams that were also both top 5 for the 1st game period? Pre-CFP, it took a hell of a lot of circumstance and luck to happen
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:07 am to 3down10
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In 1999 #21 Alabama beat #3 Florida 39-40 in OT during the regular season.
Then in the SECCG, #7 Alabama beat #5 Florida 34-7.
Which leads to one of my favorite SEC trivia questions:
Who has won an SEC championship more recently...Mike Dubose or the Tennessee Vols?
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