Hesburgh Region First Round Results:
The closest game of the first-round took place in this region while a notable upset also took place. Who was it?
–1. 1993 Florida State destroys 16. 1987 Michigan, 94-6%.
8. 1999 Oklahoma beats up 9. 1998 Purdue, 66-34.
5. 2002 Florida State gets by 12. 1987 Alabama, 61-39%.
The closest first-round match-up wound up being the 4/13 battle between 2000 Purdue and 1990 Tennessee. It literally went down to the final seconds as No. 4, 2000 Purdue escaped by two votes to win the 50-50 match-up.
An upset came then as 11. 2012 Michigan beat up 2000 Air Force, 66-34.
3. 1989 Michigan destroyed 14. 2004 Tennessee, 83-17.
7. 2012 Stanford blew out 10. 2018 Stanford, 83-17.
And 2. 2012 Oklahoma beats up 15. 2015 Texas, 92-8.
Finally, the Golden Dome Region wrapped up the first round as some of your favorites really made their presence known in round one.