r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 04 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] UMass Defeats Rutgers 37-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
UMass 7 17 3 10 37
Rutgers 7 0 0 14 21
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas • Summertime Lover Sep 04 '26

UMASS went 8-76 over the last 8 seasons btw

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 04 '26

Rutgers being bad makes it hard to contextualize how big of an upset this was. UMass projected to be one of, if not the worst team in CFB and won on the road by 18 as 29.5 point dogs

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u/KuriboShoeMario Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 04 '26

One of the biggest upsets in FBS history for sure.

Absolutely ridiculous loss for a P2 team and equally ridiculous win for a UMass program that knows almost no success at this level of play (power conference opponents). It wasn't like they scraped by either, UMass outclassed them in every phase of the game.

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u/Ender_D Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 04 '26

That Pop Watson fellow looked pretty good, didn’t he?