
When the clock ran out on UCLA's 42–37 win over No. 7 Penn State Saturday, observers were quick to anoint it the upset of the year in college football. The Bruins, after all, hadn't led at any point in a game this year; the Nittany Lions, despite their loss to Oregon last Saturday, still had their boosters as national title contenders.
But the victory was more than that. As Josh Dubow of the AP pointed out, it was only the fifth time in history a team with a record of 0-4 or worse had beaten a team ranked in the top 10.