On Oct. 26, 1985, UTEP pulled one of the biggest upsets in WAC history, holding BYU's Robbie Bosco to 15-for-35 passing with four interceptions and upsetting the No. 7 Cougars -- the defending national champions -- in a 23-16 shocker. BYU had won 30 of its previous 31 games heading into the game, and UTEP had begun the season 0-6.

Until Saturday, that was the last time a team that was 0-4 or worse had knocked off a top-10 opponent. But almost 40 years after that wild upset at the Sun Bowl, a sparse Rose Bowl crowd witnessed an upset of similar circumstance. UCLA's 42-37 win over Penn State was the most stunning result of the 2025 season to date, and combined with Florida's 29-21 win over Texas in The Swamp -- a much more normal upset, as far as those things go -- it severely wounded the

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