School soccer has by no means skilled a Saturday like this.
5 of the highest seven groups within the AP Prime 25 misplaced on the identical day within the common season for the primary time in historical past.
The final time something even remotely shut occurred was on Jan. 2, 1989, in accordance with Sportradar, when 5 of the highest eight groups misplaced.
Shakeup Saturday was pushed by the Southeastern Convention, with No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas happening as landing or extra favorites.
No. 2 Notre Dame (at No. 8 BYU) and fifth-ranked Indiana (in opposition to No. 4 Ohio State) additionally misplaced, though these had been much less surprising.
It’s the primary time Nos. 1 and a pair of misplaced on the identical day within the common season since Oregon (to Stanford) and Kansas State (to Baylor) in 2012.
The chaos, which is certain to shuffle the ballot and School Soccer Playoff seeding forecasts, cleared a path for No. 3 Miami to take excessive ballot spot after beating rival Florida State 43-35 in a double-overtime basic that led to controversy.
The Hurricanes can solely hope to do higher than the No. 1 group has the final two weeks; Texas and Georgia misplaced to unranked groups, the primary time that’s occurred in consecutive weeks since Notre Dame (to Stanford) and Michigan (to Michigan State) in 1990.
5 of the highest eight groups within the AP ballot misplaced on the identical day in 1989 when No. 3 West Virginia, No. 5 USC, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 7 Auburn and eighth-ranked Arkansas stumbled in bowl video games.
Chaos on the SEC
It was practically as uncommon for heavyweights Georgia, Alabama and Texas to lose on the identical Saturday, which hadn’t occurred since Oct. 26, 1996, in accordance with the SEC.
It confirmed why SEC coaches had been so hesitant to offer in to enjoying a nine-game league slate.
And it is likely to be becoming that the bloody Saturday got here on the identical week the SEC capitulated to the Large Ten to maneuver nearer to finalizing a 24-team playoff.
