One of the most fun aspects of rivalries is that it feels like upsets happen more often because the foes are so familiar to each other.

Or maybe upsets don’t really happen any more often than in any other games. It’s just that the joy lasts longer for the winning team and the pain lasts longer for the losing team because of who was on the other sideline.

Whatever the case, we thought it would be fun to rank the top 10 upsets of SEC Rivalry Week in the past 25 years.

Right off the bat, let’s get this out of the way. There is only one Iron Bowl listed. That might stun both Auburn and Alabama fans, but facts are facts: Twice an Alabama team ranked No. 1 going into the Iron Bowl lost the game. But both times the game was at Auburn and both times the Tigers were ranked in the top 6 and went to the SEC title game. Memorable, yes, but barely upsets if at all. Other than that, either the higher-ranked team won, the teams were ranked within a couple of spots of each other or (rarely) both teams were unranked.

We use whichever ranking was most important at the time: College Football Playoff (since 2014), BCS (1998-2013) or Associated Press poll (before 1998).

So, let the apple cart tipping begin:

10. South Carolina 34, No. 18 Clemson 17, 2009

Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks began a 5-game winning streak against their state rivals with this one. Host South Carolina took a 24-7 lead and cruised from there in Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s first full season in charge. Clemson had won 6 of 7 in the Palmetto State rivalry before this one so this was a big win for the Gamecocks.

9. Ole Miss 31, No. 14 Mississippi State 28, 2017

The Rebels were on probation so they knew they were not headed for the postseason, just like this year’s Egg Bowl. The game in Starkville marked the end of an era for the Bulldogs (it was coach Dan Mullen’s last game before he took the Florida job) and the start of another as Ole Miss dropped the interim tag from coach Matt Luke’s title. Bulldogs star QB Nick Fitzgerald broke his ankle in this game.

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8. LSU 28, No. 14 Arkansas 0, 1995

The Razorbacks had won 4 in a row and were headed for the SEC Championship Game as West Division winners when they ran into a 5-4-1 Tigers squad in Baton Rouge. But the Tigers routed the Hogs for the second year in a row in Gerry DiNardo’s first season as LSU’s coach.

7. Kentucky 41, No. 11 Louisville 38, 2016

Louisville had the soon-to-be Heisman Trophy winner in Lamar Jackson, home-field advantage and a team that should have been fired up after losing to Houston the week before, knocking the Cardinals out of College Football Playoff contention. Kentucky, 6-5 coming in, pulled off the stunner as Stephen Johnson passed for 338 yards, the most he ever had for the Wildcats, and rushed for 83 yards.

6. Auburn 17, No. 9 Alabama 7, 2002

We’re bending our rules with the rankings here. Alabama was ninth in the AP poll coming in but, as inconceivable as this sounds now, the Crimson Tide never appeared in the BCS rankings at all in 2002 (back then the BCS only ranked the top 15). The previous year an unranked Alabama beat Auburn 31-7 when the Tigers were No. 17 in the AP poll but unranked in the BCS. That nearly made our list.

5. Georgia 30, No. 7 Georgia Tech 24, 2009

The Bulldogs were 6-5 coming in, enduring a season that included blowout losses to Tennessee and Florida. Tech had clinched a spot in the ACC title game, which the Yellow Jackets won on their way to the Orange Bowl. But Georgia beat its run-happy rival at its own game in this edition of “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate” as Washaun Ealey and Caleb King combined to rush for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

4. Florida 20, No. 8 Florida State 13, 2004

The visiting Gators were 6-4 and had just fired coach Ron Zook but let him coach against the heavily favored 8-2 Seminoles in the Sunshine State showdown. Ciatrick Fason’s fourth-quarter touchdown run was the clincher for Florida, which won in Tallahassee for the first time since 1986 (even Steve Spurrier never won there as Gators coach) and sent Zook out literally riding high in his finale:

3. No. 19 Ole Miss 31, No. 4 Mississippi State 17, 2014

This was the year the Bulldogs came tantalizingly close to making the CFP. Ole Miss made sure they didn’t, and on national television no less. Jaylen Walton ran for a career-high 148 yards, one of only three 100-yard games in his career, and Bo Wallace passed for 296 yards for the host Rebels. This was the first time since 1999 that both teams entered the Egg Bowl ranked.

2. No. 10 Florida 32, No. 2 Florida State 29, 1997

This was the third meeting in 12 months between the rivals, including the Sugar Bowl in January 1997 that saw Florida win 52-20 and claim its first AP national championship. The following November, UF was ranked 10th but visiting FSU was a heavy favorite. A pregame fight set up an epic back-and-forth matchup settled when Gators linebacker Dwayne Thomas intercepted a pass to end FSU’s final shot.

1. Arkansas 50, No. 1 LSU 48 (3OT), 2007

This crazy game had it all. Host LSU was No. 1 in the BCS and other major polls. Arkansas was 7-4; this wound up being Houston Nutt’s finale as Razorbacks coach. Arkansas star Darren McFadden rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns and the Hogs defense denied LSU on a two-point try after a touchdown in the third overtime. A 2-loss LSU, amazingly, rebounded to win the SEC and the national title.