
For the second straight week, the No. 1 team in college football has fallen victim to an upset from an unranked opponent by a final score of 27-24 on a game-winning field goal.
Last week, it was Oklahoma knocking off Texas in the Red River Rivalry. Saturday, it was the Auburn Tigers taking down the Georgia Bulldogs in the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
Less than 10 minutes into the game, Auburn faced a 14-0 deficit, and it appeared that Georgia was headed toward its 10th straight win in the all-time series.
That was not the case, however, as it was Auburn storming back for 24 unanswered points to carry a 24-14 lead into the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs fought back to tie the game in the fourth quarter, and just when it appeared Georgia was going to escape, quarterback Gunner Stockton had his third turnover of the game.
Stockton's fumble gave the Tigers excellent field position, and after a couple of nice run plays and a personal foul, it was Alex McPherson knocking in the game-winning 34-yard field goal.
The story of the game was undoubtedly the Auburn defense forcing Stockton to turn the ball over three times.
Gunner fumbles and Auburn has the ball with a chance to beat Georgia. pic.twitter.com/e2ZxIFVfNi
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 17, 2026
AUBURN WALKS OFF NO. 1 GEORGIA
— On3 (@On3) October 17, 2026
(via ESPN) pic.twitter.com/1jDFWW46aU
Auburn's upset win Saturday had quite a bit of rarity to it, so let's dive a bit deeper into that.
Down goes Georgia!
— ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) October 17, 2026
AP No. 1 teams had won 93 straight home games against unranked opponents entering the day. pic.twitter.com/LxDIaNQR0B
This is the first time since October 1990 that the AP No. 1 team has lost to unranked teams in back-to-back weeks.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) October 17, 2026
Last week: Oklahoma over #1 Texas.
Today: Auburn over #1 Georgia.
With the Bulldogs falling on Saturday, the SEC now has no remaining unbeaten teams. In the first year of the league going to a nine-game conference schedule, the grueling challenge of playing an SEC game week after week has reared its head.
Georgia is likely still considered the best team in the SEC, but there's no guarantee that will remain true. If the first six weeks of the season has shown anything, it's that everybody is beatable and anything can happen on any given week.
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