2020 FIW Tournament: First Round Results (Notre Dame’s Greatest Game ’86-Now)

The biggest upset of the first round was found in the Basilica Region.  The region also saw six higher seeds move on and two lower seeds pull upsets, even if one of them was an 8/9 game. 

Grotto Region First Round Results:

Another region and two lower seeds again move on in the Grotto while the big dogs run fast and away from their first-round opponents.

— 1. 1989 Colorado blows out 16. 2010 Utah, 90-10%.
9. 2005 Michigan upsets 8. ’02 Michigan, 63-37.
5. 2017 USC routs 12. 2013 Michigan State, 62-38.
4. 1992 Texas A&M blows out 13. 2018 Virginia Tech, 65-35.
6. 2002 Michigan State survives versus 11. 2010 Miami, 54-46.
3. 1993 Texas A&M blows out 14. 2015 Temple, 83-17.
10. 2014 Michigan was a 57-43 winner over 7. 1990 Michigan.
And finally, 1992 Penn State, who received late consideration by the committee for a one-seed, blew out 15. 2004 Michigan, 92-8.

Two regions down, two to go.  Next up is the Hesburgh Region that saw the buzzer-beater of round one with one game being decided by just two votes.