Until November 9, 2024, there had been only five times in the last 45 years when Florida’s big three—Florida, Florida State and Miami—had lost football games on the same day. The most recent was September 18, 2021.
Not only did the big three all lose yesterday, but all six of Florida’s FBS schools that played lost (FIU was spared because it had a bye) and four of them lost in blowouts:
- Georgia Tech 28, 4 Miami 23
- 5 Texas 49, Florida 17
- 10 Notre Dame 52, Florida State 3
- East Carolina 49, Florida Atlantic 14
- Navy 28, South Florida 7
- Arizona State 35, Central Florida 31
Texas has the most FBS programs (13), followed by Ohio (8), then California, Florida and North Carolina, each with seven, Alabama has six, and four states have five (Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, and Virginia).
According to ChatGPT—which isn’t always correct—Ohio’s FBS teams have never all lost on the same day.
